Mariinsk (russian: link=no, Мариинск) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

Kemerovo Oblast Kemerovo Oblast — Kuzbass (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть — Кузба́сс, translit=Kemerovskaya oblast — Kuzbass, ), also known simply as Kemerovo Oblast (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, label=non ...

, Russia, where the

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crosses the

Kiya River The Kiya (russian: Ки́я) is a river in Tomsk and Kemerovo Oblasts of Russia. It is a left tributary of the Chulym (in the Ob's drainage basin), and is long, with a drainage basin of . The river has its sources in the Kuznetsk Alatau and flow ...

( Ob's basin), northeast of

Kemerovo Kemerovo ( rus, Ке́мерово, p=ˈkʲemʲɪrəvə) is an industrial city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka and Tom Rivers, in the major coal mining region of the Kuznetsk Ba ...

, the

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of the

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. Population: 39,700 (1972).

History

It was founded in the 18th century as the village of Kiyskoye (). In 1856, it was granted town status and renamed Mariinsk after Empress Maria, consort of Alexander II, one year later.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mariinsk serves as the

Mariinsky District Mariinsky District (russian: Марии́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.Law #215-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Mariinsky Municipal District.Law #1 ...

, even though is not a part of it.Law #215-OZ As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Mariinsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdictionan administrative unit with a status equal to that of the

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. As a municipal division, Mariinsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated within Mariinsky Municipal District as Mariinskoye Urban Settlement.Law #104-OZ

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Kemerovo Oblast