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 | | Its history is closely connected with the history of Russia, for example: the Mongolian Tatar Yoke, numerous peasant wars, the War of 1812, the Decembrist Revolt, revolutions and world wars, Simbirsk was the birthplace of many famous writers, poets, and statesmen: I.A.Goncharov, D.V.Davydov, N.M.Yazykov, D.D.Minaev, N.M. Karamzin, A.F.Kerenski among them. |
 | | The town of Simbirsk was established in 1648 by voevode (commander of an army, governor of a province in ancient Russia) D.V.Kihtrovo as a fortress to protect the Southern borders of the Moscow State. |
 | | The old Simbirsk was called "the landowner of the Volga region towns" One of the first libraries in the Volga region were opened here. |
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