Medvedevo (Mari El)

Urban-type settlement Medvedevo Медведево ( Russian ) Маскасола ( Mari ) Federal district Volga republic Mari El Rajon Medvedevo Founded 17th century Urban-type settlement since 1973 population 16,841 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 110  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 8632 Post Code 425200/425239 License Plate 12 OKATO 88 228 551 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 38 '  N , 47 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 38 '0 "  N , 47 ° 47' 45"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Mari El

List of large settlements in Russia

Medvedevo ( Russian Медве́дево , Mari Маскасола / Maskasola ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Mari El ( Russia ) with 16,841 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The settlement is located in the central Volga region . It represents a western suburb of the republic capital Yoshkar-Ola , from whose city center it is about ten kilometers away.

Medvedevo is the administrative center of the Medvedevo Rajon of the same name .

history

Medvedovo village was founded in the second half of the 17th century. In December 1943 Medvedevo became the administrative center of a newly founded Rajons. From the 1960s onwards, the place developed into an industrial and residential suburb of the neighboring city ​​of Yoshkar-Ola. On April 2, 1973 Medvedewo received the status of an urban-type settlement with the simultaneous incorporation of some surrounding villages.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	1,145
1970	3,432
1979	9,684
1989	13,591
2002	16,610
2010	16,841

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Since 1995 there has been a Rajon local museum in Medvedevo . In 2000 a small zoo was set up.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Medvedevo there are companies in the food and light industry as well as in the forestry and construction industries.

The settlement is on the railway line Zelenodolsk (station Seljony Dol ) - Yoshkar-Ola - Jaransk (station name Aksamatowo , route kilometer 110) of the Gorkier Railway . The regional road R173 runs past the northern edge of the village, which connects Yoshkar-Ola with Kosmodemjansk (there is a ferry connection over the Cheboksarsk reservoir of the Volga ) in the south-western part of the republic and continues to the M7 trunk road. There is a city ​​bus and trolley bus connection to Yoshkar-Ola .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Medvedevo on the website of the Geographical Institute of the RAN (Russian)
3. ↑ Information about the museum at museum.ru (Russian)