Malmyzh (Russian: Малмы́ж; Mari: Малмыж, occasionally called Malmış/Малмыш[6] in Tatar) is a town and the administrative center of Malmyzhsky District in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the Shoshma River (Vyatka's tributary), near its confluence with the Zasora, Moksha, and Krupny Lach Rivers, 294 kilometers (183 mi) southeast of Kirov, the administrative center of the oblast.

[8] It was first mentioned as the Mari village of Malmyzh in the 15th century.

Mari prince Boltush (Poltysh) offered resistance to Russian offensive and was killed by a cannonball on April 26, 1553.

[9] Russian fortress was built here in 1584 to suppress recalcitrant Mari people.

[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Malmyzhsky District as the Town of Malmyzh.