Kozmodemyansk

Kozmodemiansk

Kozmodemyansk is the main city of the group of Mari people who speak the Hill Mari dialect. It is believed that this quaint provincial city on the Volga served as the inspiration for the town of Vasyuki in the popular Soviet book and film Twelve Chairs. The city can be easily combined with visits to Yoshkar-Ola or Cheboksary.


Basic facts
Name in Russian
Козьмодемьянск
In Hill Mari
Цикмӓ
In Mari
Чыкма
Status
City-municipality and administrative centre of the Gornomariysky (Hill Mari) District of the Republic of Mari El
Location
On the River Volga
Distance
120km south-west of Yoshkar-Ola, 245km east of Nizhny Novgorod, 675km east of Moscow
Time Zone
Moscow Time
Founded
1583
Official Website
http://www.kozmodemjansk.ru/