| Official Name: | Novator |
| Native Name: | Новатор |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Vologda Oblast#Russia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Russia |
| Subdivision Name1: | Vologda Oblast |
| Subdivision Name3: | Velikoustyugsky District |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Utc Offset1: | +3:00 |
| Coordinates: | 60.7333°N 58°W[1] |
Novator (Russian: Новатор) is a rural locality (a village) and the administrative center of Samotovinskoye Rural Settlement, Velikoustyugsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 2,767 as of 2002.[2] There are 40 streets.[3]
Novator is located 7 km southwest of Veliky Ustyug (the district's administrative centre) by road. Valga is the nearest rural locality.[4]