Yadrinsky District
Yadrinsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the Chuvash Republic|twenty-one] in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the republic and borders with the Mari El Republic in the north, Morgaushsky District in the east, Alikovsky and Krasnochetaysky Districts in the south, and with Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in the west. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the types of [inhabited localities in Russia|town] of Yadrin. Population: The population of Yadrin accounts for 32.1% of the district's total population.
History
The district was established on September 5, 1927 with the merger of 5 municipalities and the city of Yadrin. The first head of the district was Alexander Ivanovich Markov.Government
The Mayor of the city - Andrey Vladimirovich Agakov. The Deputy - Larisa Polikarpova.Demography
According to the 2010 Census, Chuvash make up 84% of the district population. Other groups include Russians, and a host of smaller groups.Famous people
- Boris Cheendykov - writer, poet, translator
- Zinovy Talantsev, businessman, politician and public figure;
- Nikolay Ashmarin, Russian and Soviet linguist, Turkologist;
- Nikolay Mordvinov, artist.
- Alina Ivanova, athlete