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Also known as Yaransk (Russia)

Yaransk (; , Yaraň) is a town and the administrative center of Yaransky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Yaran River (Vyatka's basin), southwest of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Yaransk
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Яранск
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Karla Marksa Street in Yaransk
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Kirov Oblast
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Yaransky District
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Yaransk
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Town
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Yaransky District
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Town of Yaransk
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Town
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Yaransky Municipal District
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Yaranskoye Urban Settlement
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Yaransky Municipal District
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Yaranskoye Urban Settlement

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  • History
  • Administrative and municipal status
  • Population
  • References
  • Notes
  • Sources

Yaransk (; , Yaraň) is a town and the administrative center of Yaransky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Yaran River (Vyatka's basin), southwest of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast.

==History== In the Middle Ages, it had a central position in the land of Mari and served as the capital of the Mari people. In 1584, Yaransk was founded as a Russian fortress on the Yaran River where the old Mari fortress once stood to defend against the Mari. A posad later grew around the fortress. Town status was granted to Yaransk in 1780.

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

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