Marks, Russia
Template:Short description {{#invoke:Other uses|otherX|places with the same name}} Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality Marks (Template:Langx), also spelled Marx, named after Karl Marx, is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located Template:Convert northeast of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: Template:Ru-census
It was previously known as Baronsk,<ref name="history" /> Katharinenstadt (until 1920),<ref name="history" /> Marxstadt (until 1941).<ref name="history" />
History
It was founded in 1767 as a Volga German community called Baronsk ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), named so because the Dutchman Ferdinand Baron Caneau de Beauregard, who was a baron, founded the city.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It was soon renamed Katharinenstadt ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; Yekaterinenshtadt, Jekaterinenstadt; 1915 - 1920 Yekaterinograd), after Catherine the Great. In 1918, it was granted town status and was the location for the administration of the Labour Commune of Volga Germans. It was renamed Marxstadt in 1919 ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; Marksshtadt), after Karl Marx.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1941, during the resettlement of Germans, the town was given its present name.Template:Citation needed
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The old Lutheran church in 2017
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Marks serves as the administrative center of Marksovsky District,<ref name="OKATO">Template:OKATO reference</ref> even though it is not a part of it.<ref name="OKATO2">Template:OKATO reference</ref> As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as Marks Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction<ref name="OKATO2" />—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Template:Citation needed As a municipal division, Marks Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated within Marksovsky Municipal District as Marks Urban Settlement.<ref name="SaratovOMarksovskyD_mun">Law #97-ZSO</ref>
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External links
- Mojgorod.ru. Entry on Marks Template:In lang
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