Zvenigovo
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Zvenigovo is a town and the administrative center of Zvenigovsky District
of the Mari El Republic, Russia
, located on the left bank of the Volga River
, 90 kilometres (55.9 mi) south of Yoshkar-Ola
. Population:
It was founded in 1860 and granted urban-type settlement
status in 1927 and town status in 1974.
Zvenigovsky District
Zvenigovsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Zvenigovo....
of the Mari El Republic, 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 left bank of the Volga River
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...
, 90 kilometres (55.9 mi) south of Yoshkar-Ola
Yoshkar-Ola
Yoshkar-Ola is the capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia. Population: Yoshkar-Ola means red city in Mari. The current name is the third to have been given to the city. The city was known as Tsaryovokokshaysk before 1919 and as Krasnokokshaysk between 1919 and 1927...
. Population:
It was founded in 1860 and granted 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...
status in 1927 and town status in 1974.