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'''Kokshaisk''' ({{lang-chm|Какшанла}},''Kakšanla''; {{lang-ru|Кокша́йск}}) is a village in [[Mari El]], [[Russia]], administratively subdued to [[Yoshkar-Ola]]. It is situared near the [[Mari]] village [[Kokshamary]], on the left bank of the [[Bolshaya Kokshaga]], where it flows into the [[Volga]]. Kokshaisk has a major pier on Volga. A road connects the village with [[Yoshkar-Ola]] (56 km) and [[Novocheboksarsk]] (34 km). |
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Revision as of 15:00, 8 September 2007
Kokshaisk (Template:Lang-chm,Kakšanla; Template:Lang-ru) is a village in Mari El, Russia, administratively subdued to Yoshkar-Ola. It is situared near the Mari village Kokshamary, on the left bank of the Bolshaya Kokshaga, where it flows into the Volga. Kokshaisk has a major pier on Volga. A road connects the village with Yoshkar-Ola (56 km) and Novocheboksarsk (34 km).
History
Once Kokshaisk was a town. On 11 April 1574 it was founded as a fortress on the lands of the Mari people, to suppress them in the Cheremis Wars. Then Tsaryovokokshaisk was founded in the Mari mainland and Kokshaisk lost it's importance. In 1685 and 1727 Kokshaisk was damaged by the great fires. [1]There were only 70 homesteads in Kokshaisk in 1724 and in 1765 it degraded to a village status. Territorially it belonged to Tsaryovokokshaisky uyezd of Kazan Governorate. In 1774 Yemelyan Pugachev, defeated in the battle of Kazan crossed Volga there. In 1920 Kokshaisk incorporated to the Chuvash Autonomous Oblast, but in 1925 it was transferred to Mari Autonomous Oblast.