Hope for the Addicted

23307385_izobrazhenie_266.jpgMariinsk is named for the wife of Russian Tsar Alexander II. His wife Maria had never been to this place. Once the Tsar visited the village located on the bank of the Kiya River. The local merchants asked him to give their village the status of a town and to call it after his own name. The Tsar granted town status as requested, and asked the local merchants to give this town the name of his wife. [Continue reading Hope for the Addicted …]