Makaryev (russian: Мака́рьев) is a

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and the

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Makaryevsky District Makaryevsky District (russian: Мака́рьевский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #112-4-ZKO and municipalLaw #237-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The ...

Kostroma Oblast Kostroma Oblast (russian: Костромска́я о́бласть, ''Kostromskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma and its population as of the 2021 Census is 580,97 ...

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, located on the right bank of the

Unzha River The Unzha (russian: Унжа) is a river in the Vologda Oblast and Kostroma Oblast in Russia, a tributary of the Volga. It is long, and its Drainage basin, basin covers .

(

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), east of

Kostroma Kostroma ( rus, Кострома́, p=kəstrɐˈma) is a historic city and the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. A part of the Golden Ring of Russian cities, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Volga and Kostroma. Popu ...

, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

In 1439, Makaryevo-Unzhensky monastery was founded on the territory of the modern town. Later, a ''

sloboda A sloboda ( rus, слобода́, p=sləbɐˈda) was a kind of settlement in the history of the Old Russian regions Povolzhye, Central Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The name is derived from the early Slavic word for "freedom" and may be loosely ...

'' grew around the monastery and was granted town status in 1778 under the name of Makaryev-na-Unzhe (). By the end of the 19th century the name shortened to "Makaryev". Фото--004

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Makaryev serves as the

.Law #133-a As an administrative division, it is, together with two rural localities, incorporated within Makaryevsky District as the

town of district significance Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...

of Makaryev. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Makaryev is incorporated within Makaryevsky Municipal District as Makaryev Urban Settlement.Law #237-ZKO

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Kostroma Oblast Makaryevsky Uyezd (Kostroma Governorate)