Urzhum (russian: Уржу́м; chm, Вӱрзым, ''Vürzym'' or , ''Üržüm'') 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 ...
and the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Urzhumsky District
Urzhumsky District (russian: Уржумский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #203-ZO and municipalLaw #284-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the distr ...
in
Kirov Oblast,
Russia
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, located on the left bank of the
Urzhumka River about from its
confluence with the
Vyatka River
The Vyatka (; rus, Вя́тка, p=ˈvʲatkə; tt-Cyrl, Нократ, translit=Noqrat; chm, Виче, Viče; udm, Ватка, Vatka) is a river in Kirov Oblast and the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia, a right tributary of the Kama. . Population:
History
It was first mentioned in 1554 as a
Mari town. The town was named after the river, although the name has no reliable
etymology
Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...
.
[Е. М. Поспелов. "Географические названия мира". (Москва: Русские словари, 1998), p. 433.] In 1584, Urzhum was refounded as a Russian
fortress with the aim of keeping down Mari and
Tatar
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different revolts. Town status was granted to it in 1796.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Urzhum serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Urzhumsky District
Urzhumsky District (russian: Уржумский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #203-ZO and municipalLaw #284-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the distr ...
.
[Law #203-ZO] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Urzhumsky District as the
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 ...
of Urzhum.
As a
municipal division, the Town of Urzhum is incorporated within Urzhumsky Municipal District as Urzhumskoye Urban Settlement.
[Law #284-ZO]
Notable people
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Sergey Kirov
Sergei Mironovich Kirov ( né Kostrikov; 27 March 1886 – 1 December 1934) was a Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary whose assassination led to the first Great Purge.
Kirov was an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and mem ...
, statesman
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Nikolay Zabolotsky
Nikolay Alekseyevich Zabolotsky (russian: Никола́й Алексе́евич Заболо́цкий; May 7, 1903 – October 14, 1958) was a Soviet and Russian poet and translator. He was a Modernist and one of the founders of the Russian ava ...
, poet
References
Notes
Sources
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External links
Unofficial website of Urzhum
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Cities and towns in Kirov Oblast
Urzhumsky Uyezd