Parizh is a village (selo) in Nagaybaksky District

Nagaybaksky District

Nagaybaksky District is a district of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. Its administrative centre is the rural locality of Fershampenuaz. District's population:...

 of Chelyabinsk Oblast

Chelyabinsk Oblast

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, Russia

Russia

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, located on the south border of the district. Population: 2,390 (1997 est.).

It was established as a Nağaybäk

Nagaybäk

Nağaybäk are an ethnoconfessional group in Russia. They are Christian descendents of Volga Tatars , and former cossacks of the Orenburg Host. The majority of the Nağaybäks live in Nagaybaksky and Chebarkulsky Districts of Chelyabinsk Oblast. They speak a sub-dialect of Tatar language's Middle dialect...

 Cossack settlement in 1842 and soon after was given its name to honor the Battle of Paris

Battle of Paris (1814)

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. Several other villages named for Russian victories in Napoleonic Wars

Napoleonic Wars

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 are located nearby: Fershampenuaz

Fershampenuaz

Fershampenuaz is a village and the administrative center of Nagaybaksky District of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Gumbeyka River . Population: Postal code: 457650.-History:...

 (the administrative center of the district), Leyptsig, Berlin, and others.

In 2005, an Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower

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 1:5 replica was constructed in Parizh to serve as a cellular network

Cellular network

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station.