Mariinsk () is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

Kemerovo Oblast Kemerovo Oblast (, ), also known as Kuzbass (, ), after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Kemerovo is the administrative center and largest city of the oblast. Kemerovo Oblast is one of Rus ...

, Russia, where the

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crosses the

Kiya River The Kiya () is a river in Tomsk and Kemerovo Oblasts of Russia. It is a left tributary of the Chulym (in the Ob's drainage basin), and is long, with a drainage basin of . The river has its sources in the Kuznetsk Alatau and flows in a northweste ...

( Ob's basin), northeast of

Kemerovo Kemerovo ( rus, Ке́мерово, p=ˈkʲemʲɪrəvə) is an industrial types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka River, Iskitimka and Tom ...

, the

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of the

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. 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.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mariinsk serves as the

Mariinsky District Mariinsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.Law #215-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Mariinsky Municipal District.Law #104-OZ It is located in the north of the obla ...

, even though is not a part of it.Law #215-OZ As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Mariinsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdictionan administrative unit with a status equal to that of the

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. As a municipal division, Mariinsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated within Mariinsky Municipal District as Mariinskoye Urban Settlement.Law #104-OZ

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Kemerovo Oblast