Kuzhenersky municipal district

Kuzhenersky district is located in the central part of the republic in the picturesque Volga-Vyatka watershed and adjoins Vyatka ridge, the highest point of which is located in the northeast of the district at 284 meters above sea level.

Kuzhenersky district is a spring land! There are about 177 springs on its territory. According to legend, the water of many of them has healing properties, and they are considered holy. Especially famous is the "Valley of the Frozen Springs"with four dozen springs, located between the villages of Ivansola and Kupsola.

history of many settlements is also connected with the springs. The spring of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker played a fundamental role in the foundation of the monastery, and subsequently in the formation of Kuzhener village on the right bank of the Nemda River in the late 17th and early 18th centuries (from Mari "Kuzhener" - "long stream"). There are 28 small rivers in the area, with a length of 350 km. The most significant of them are Nemda, Yushut, Orishut, Shoika, Lazh, Saltachka. Rivers are fed by groundwater and meltwater. The rivers are not long-flowing, and some of them dry up in the summer.

On the territory of the Gornoe Zadelye State Nature Reserve of Republican Significance in the NolkinKamen tract there are ancient underground quarries in which local residents mined millstone many years ago).

The Kamennaya Gora State Nature Reserve of National Significance is also popular. It is here that the spring of the Kazan Mother of God is located, the water of which, according to popular belief, has healing properties.

acquainted with the life and traditions of the Mari people, ancient crafts in the ethnographic recreation center "Mari Switzerland", built on springs.

Archaeological monuments have also been preserved: the Verkhneregezhskoye settlement, the mound of the Abashev culture in the village of Kuzhener.

Every year, Kuzhenersky district hosts holidays: "Christmas", "Maslenitsa", "Peledysh Payrem", the Konga Pazar Payrem calendar and ritual festival, the Muro Pamash interregional folklore festival, the open regional folk art festival "Play Accordion – the soul of the People", dedicated to the memory of E.B. Volkov, the sports festival "Winter breath of Nemda", ski racing competitions "Vizimbirskaya Gora" ("Vizym Kuryk").

Tourist routes have been developed: "To the sources of Nemda", "Mari Switzerland", "Secrets and beauties of Vyatka ridge", "Journey to Ivansola". On the routes, tourists get acquainted with the history of the Kuzhenersky district, legends and legends of springs and tunnels, get acquainted with the rituals of the Mari peoples, the Murseskem folk folklore ensemble performs for guests, and a master class on making Mari folk jewelry is offered.

get from the city of Yoshkar-Ola to the village of Kuzhener by minibus, the average travel time is 1 hour.