Barysh () is a

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and the

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of Baryshsky District in

Ulyanovsk Oblast Ulyanovsk Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It is located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Ulyanovsk. It has a populat ...

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, located on the river Barysh (

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's basin), southwest of

Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk,, , known as Simbirsk until 1924, is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow. Ulyanovsk has been the only Russian UNESCO Ci ...

, the administrative center of the

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. Population:

History

It was founded in 1954 after the merger of

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s of Barysh and Guryevka.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Barysh serves as the

of Baryshsky District.Law #126-ZO As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Baryshsky District as the

town of district significance Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...

of Barysh. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Barysh is incorporated within Baryshsky Municipal District as Baryshskoye Urban Settlement.Law #043-ZO

Economy

Baryshsky meat plant, which produces canned meat stew for the Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Emergency Situations,

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, and

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, is located is Barysh.Official website of Baryshsky Meat Plant

References

Notes

Sources

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External links

Official website of Barysh

Directory of organizations in Barysh
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