Barysh
Encyclopedia
Barysh is a town and the administrative center of Baryshsky District
of Ulyanovsk Oblast
, Russia
, located on the Barysh River
(Volga
's drainage basin
) 139 kilometres (86.4 mi) southwest of Ulyanovsk
. Population:
It was founded in 1954 via merger of urban-type settlement
s of Barysh and Guryevka.
Baryshsky District
Baryshsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 21 in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia....
of Ulyanovsk Oblast
Ulyanovsk Oblast
Ulyanovsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It is located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Ulyanovsk...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the Barysh River
Barysh River
Barysh is a river in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Sura River . It is 247 km long, with a drainage basin of 5800 km². The river flows over the northern parts of the Volga Uplands. It is frozen over from November to April. The town of Barysh is situated by the...
(Volga
Volga River
The Volga is the largest river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, and watershed. It flows through central Russia, and is widely viewed as the national river of Russia. Out of the twenty largest cities of Russia, eleven, including the capital Moscow, are situated in the Volga's drainage...
's drainage basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
) 139 kilometres (86.4 mi) southwest of Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk The city is the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin , for whom it is named.-History:Simbirsk was founded in 1648 by the boyar Bogdan Khitrovo. The fort of "Simbirsk" was strategically placed on a hill on the Western bank of the Volga River...
. Population:
It was founded in 1954 via merger of urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
s of Barysh and Guryevka.