Vasilsursk

Vasilsursk

Vasilsursk ( _ru. Васильсу́рск), (Mari: Shurdeng) is an urban-type settlement in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Sura River, not far from its fall into the Volga. Population: 1,329 (2002 Census); 1,871 (1989 Census).

Before the Russian Vasilsursk there was a Kuruk - Mari wooden fortess named Tsepel. Russians captured it after bloody fight in 1523 from Kuruk Maris and established on its site small Vasilsursk settlement.


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