What's happening at the Tatarstan-Mari El border? New terminal in Volzhsk
What's life like in the capital of self-dignity:
00:00 We're in Volzhsk
01:53 Volzhsk - Zeleny Dol: an agglomeration?
03:03 Marbum no longer stinks
05:01 "There's no such thing as too much business"
05:23 Barracks. What will emerge from the ruins?
06:57 Ariada: How the second "whale" of the city's economy sank
09:48 "The Great Urban Dream"
12:21 City of future new buildings
13:40 "How much will it cost?"
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A city that could have been, but hasn't yet. During the Soviet Union, it was planned that 100,000 people would live here: even the General Plan has been preserved. A city that always stank of something, and there are urban legends about it, too.
And there's an urban legend that it wasn't so much Marbum that stank, but the Hydrolysis Plant...
A city—and this is a separate topic—that gravitates more toward Kazan than Yoshkar-Ola. It's unfairly neglected: while the eccentric talent of former Head of Mari El Leonid Markelov transformed the republic's capital, he clearly didn't care about the other city.
Andrey Smirnov, We still have to take a shot at the government of the Republic of Mari El. The previous one... Before us. Who tried to punish Volzhsk for its free expression of will.
We're in Volzhsk. The second city of Mari El, which undoubtedly "has its own pride" and a certain identity of its own. It may not be understood by everyone, but it's unique. And so, briefly, it's difficult to explain. There's a certain vibe here.
Rafis Shagvaleev: It's possible to live quite wonderfully, the main thing is to find your place.
"I'm changing the life of a workers' settlement, and 12 years have passed. And I hear the bark of the steel wolf, performing classical ballet in the rain." "I'm changing the life of a workers' settlement, and 12 years have passed. And I hear the bark of the steel wolf, performing classical ballet in the rain"—the Duke and urban planner Markelov dedicated these inspired verses to Yoshkar-Ola. And he almost got it right: at the time of writing, 12 years had passed, and he was about to receive 13 as a court sentence. But from Volzhsk, Markelov didn't hear the bark of his mental wolves. And he didn't try to bring either a ballet or an organ hall here...
David Pogosyan, Volzhsk resident: Volzhsk is located in a very interesting area—in the middle of the borders of the Republic of Tatarstan, and we end in our glorious Republic of Mari El.
Andrey Smirnov, founder of Roskholod: It's located next to the M7 federal highway, not far from the M12. Transportation plays a big role here. Kazan. They're more focused on Kazan. I rarely visit Yoshkar-Ola, but I visit Kazan almost every day.
Rafis Shagvaleev, Mayor of Volzhsk: There was a project that was planned specifically for the creation of the Zeleny Dol-Volzhsk agglomeration. Now we understand that the country has other priorities, and that's been put on hold a bit. If we created a common infrastructure between Zeleny Dol and Volzhsk without changing any borders, how much better would people's lives be, wouldn't you agree? -: The future will still be the same, we'll be fine. We're moving towards this. Sooner or later, the border will be erased. We create them. For the average person, for the city dweller, borders don't exist—it's all the Russian Federation, no matter what they say. But there's one entity, there's another entity. They're not enemies, they're friendly entities. I know many of them, we cooperate. Problems are created by those who want to see problems, but we can simply step over them and move on, develop...
Actually, without this, a story about Volzhsk would be impossible: the Mari Pulp and Paper Mill, also known as the Mari Pulp and Paper Mill. Founded in 1934. It's common to repeat the cliché here: a mill is impossible without a city, and a city without a mill. The mill is in near-perfect order, with flowers, flowerbeds, and new wastewater treatment facilities. The peculiar odor problem persisted, and the mill solved it. So to speak, at the expense of profit.
Stashkevich, Alexey. Deputy General Director of the Mari Pulp and Paper Mill. (Marbum and Paper Mill) Besides having the technology, there needs to be a willingness to invest. We don't skimp on the environment.
There's a tired journalistic cliché, "Unfortunately, the camera can't capture the smells." Well, it used to stink, but now it really doesn't.
Stashkevich Alexey, Deputy General Director of the MCBC (Marbum and Paper Mill): Everything is evolving. Perhaps, before, there weren't technologies that could eliminate these odors. Now these technologies are emerging, they're being implemented... And now the global position is that we need to invest in the environment, we need to care for people, for our children, so that we have a place to live, and something to eat.
The mill does a lot for the city, and it even has its own deputies on the city council. It's called the "Assembly ...