Vasilsursk ( Russian : Васильсу́рск ) is an urban locality (a work settlement ) in Vorotynsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast , Russia , located on the Sura River , not far from its fall into the Volga .
3-527: A Kuruk Mari (a tribe of Mari people ) wooden fortress named Tsepel used to stand where Vasilsursk is now located. Russians captured it after bloody fight in 1523 from Kuruk Maris and established on its site a small settlement. The fort here was used as an advanced base during the Russo-Kazan Wars . Vasilsursk has a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfb ) with long cold winters and warm, often hot dry summers. The warmest month
6-482: Is July with daily mean temperature near +20 °C (68 °F), the coldest month is January −12 °C (10 °F). In warmer months, a ferry operates between Vasilsursk and the settlement of Lysaya Gora . During winter, passengers are transported by amphibious boats Khivus-10 . The Sura Ionospheric Heating Facility , an ionospheric research facility, is located near Vasilsursk. Kuruk Mari Hill Mari or Western Mari ( Кырык мары , kyryk mary )
9-587: Is a Uralic language closely related to Northwestern Mari and Meadow Mari , in which Hill Mari forms a Western Mari group with the former. Hill Mari is spoken in the Gornomariysky , Yurinsky and Kilemarsky districts of Mari El , Russia . It is written using the Hill Mari Cyrillic script and is co-official with Russian as well as Meadow Mari in the Mari El Republic. This article about
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