The Mari Autonomous Okrug was formed on November 4, 1920 as an autonomous territorial entity for the mountain and meadow Mari . Initially it was divided into 3 cantons , later their number increased to 9.
On July 15, 1929, the Mari Autonomous Region became part of the newly formed Nizhny Novgorod (since 1932 - Gorky) Territory.[1]
As of October 1, 1931, there were 9 districts in the region:
Gorno-Mari national region
Zvenigovsky district
city of Yoshkar-Ola
Mari-Turek district
Morkinsky district
Novo-Toryalsky district
Orsha district
Sernur district
Yurinsky National District
In 9 districts there were 247 village councils, 2 cities (Yoshkar-Ola - 7600 inhabitants, 01/01/1931, Kozmodemyansk - 8315 inhabitants), 2 workers' settlements (working village Yurino - 4586 inhabitants, working village Zvenigovo - 2482 inhabitants), 2795 rural settlements ... The urban population is 24 700 people. (4.8%).
In 1931-1932, a regional division was introduced.
On December 5, 1936, the Gorky Territory was abolished. According to the Constitution of 1936, the Mari Autonomous Region was transformed into the Mari ASSR , which is directly part of the RSFSR .[1]
