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Mariinsk

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Mariinsk () is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, where the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses the Kiya River (Ob's basin), northeast of Kemerovo, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 39,700 (1972).

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name
Mariinsk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
Мариинск
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Rabochaya Street 12 Mariinsk.jpg
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Rabochaya Street in Mariinsk
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top
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Kemerovo Oblast
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Mariinsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction
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Mariinsky District
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Mariinsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
Town
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
Mariinsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
Mariinskoye Urban Settlement
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Mariinsky Municipal District
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Mariinskoye Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
40526
Russian inhabited locality.established_date
18th century
Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date
1856

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  • Administrative and municipal status
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Mariinsk () is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, where the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses the Kiya River (Ob's basin), northeast of Kemerovo, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 39,700 (1972).

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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mariinsk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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