(Russian: Уржу́м; Mari: Вӱрзым, Vürzym or Ӱржӱм, Üržüm) is a town and the administrative center of Urzhumsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Urzhumka River about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) from its confluence with the Vyatka River. Population: 10,213 (2010 Census); 11,514 (2002 Census); 12,101 (1989 Census).
(Russian: Уржу́м; Mari: Вӱрзым, Vürzym or Ӱржӱм, Üržüm) is a town and the administrative center of Urzhumsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Urzhumka River about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) from its confluence with the Vyatka River. Population: 10,213 (2010 Census); 11,514 (2002 Census); 12,101 (1989 Census).
Urzhum is the center of Urzhumsky district, one of the ancient Russian merchant towns, located 195 km south of Kirov on the slopes of Vyatka Uval, on the bank of the Urzhumka River. Poet N. A. Zabolotsky and artist V. M. Vasnetsov lived on the Urzhum land.
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