Kokshaysk (russian: Кокша́йск; chm, Какшанла, ''Kakšanla;'' ) is a

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('' selo'') in Zvenigovsky District,

Mari El Republic The Mari El Republic (russian: Респу́блика Мари́й Эл, ''Respublika Mariy El''; Meadow Mari: ; Hill Mari: ) is a republic of Russia. It is in the European Russia region of the country, along the northern bank of the Volga Rive ...

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. It is administratively subordinated to the city of Yoshkar-Ola, as the

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of Yoshkar-Ola is located there. Kokshaysk is situated near the Mari village of Kokshamary, on the left bank of the

Bolshaya Kokshaga River The Bolshaya Kokshaga ( chm, Кугу Какшан, ''Kugu Kakšan''; russian: Больша́я Кокша́га, literally Great Kokshaga) is a river in Kirov Oblast and Mari El, Russian Federation. It is a left-bank tributary of the Volga. Its ...

, where it flows into the

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. A road connects the village with Yoshkar-Ola (56 km) and

Novocheboksarsk Novocheboksarsk (russian: Новочебокса́рск; cv, Ҫӗнӗ Шупашкар, ''Śĕnĕ Şupaşkar'') is a city in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the southern bank of the Volga River, about east of Cheboksary, the capital o ...

(34 km). In 2003, the population of Kokshaysk was 1,340, mostly

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, Mari, Chuvash,

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in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

History

On 11 April 1574, Kokshaysk was founded as a fortress on the lands of the Mari people, to suppress them in the course of the Cheremis (Mari) Wars. When Tsaryovokokshaysk (modern Yoshkar-Ola) was founded in the Mari mainland, Kokshaysk lost its importance. For 190 years it was the center of Kokshaysky Uyezd, covering both Mari and Chuvash sides of the Volga. In 1685 and 1727, Kokshaysk was damaged by the great fires. There were only seventy homesteads in Kokshaysk in 1724, and in 1765 it degraded to a village status; the uyezd was also abolished. Territorially, it belonged to Tsaryovokokshaysky Uyezd of Kazan Governorate. In 1774, Yemelyan Pugachev, defeated in the battle of Kazan, crossed the Volga there. In 1920, Kokshaysk was incorporated into Chuvash Autonomous Oblast, but in 1925 it was transferred to

Mari Autonomous Oblast The Mari Autonomous Oblast was created on November 4, 1920, as a region of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. In 1936 it was re-established as the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which dissolved in 1990, then developing i ...

. In 1977, the port of Yoshkar-Ola was built there and Kokshaysk was directly subordinated to the Mari capital.

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Mari El Defunct towns in Russia