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Mari El, one of Russia's ethnic republics, was established for the indigenous Mari people, a Finno-Ugric nation who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama Rivers. The majority of the republic's population are ethnic Russians (52.5%), with a significant Mari minority (40.1%), and smaller minority populations of Tatars and Chuvash.
Meadow Mari comprise the majority of Mari, and their language variety is more widespread than the Hill Mari language. [12] The 1995 Law on the Languages of the Republic and the Mari El constitution designate the Hill and Meadow varieties to be, along with Russian, the state languages of the republic. [13] [14]
Yoshkar-Ola (Mari and Russian: Йошкар-Ола) is the capital city of Mari El, Russia.Yoshkar-Ola means “red city” in Mari and was formerly known as Tsarevokokshaysk (Царевококшайск) before 1919, as Krasnokokshaysk (Краснококшайск) between 1919 and 1927 both after the Malaya Kokshaga River and Charla (Чарла), by the Mari people.
On December 9, 1992, the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation renamed the Mari SSR into the Republic of Mari El, amending Article 71 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation - Russia. [2] This amendment entered into force from the moment of publication in the "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" on January 12, 1993. [3]
The first President of Mari El Republic was Vladislav Zotin when the position was created on 24 December 1991, two days before dissolution of the Soviet Union, replacing the First Secretary of the Mari Communist Party, the equivalent position of the Mari ASSR before it was succeeded by the Mari El Republic. The status and powers of the ...
Mari religion (Mari: Чимарий йӱла, romanized: Čimarii jüla), also called Mari paganism, is the ethnic religion of the Mari people, a Volga Finnic ethnic group based in the republic of Mari El, in Russia. The religion has undergone changes over time, particularly under the influence of neighbouring monotheisms.
Mari-Turek (Russian: Мари́-Туре́к; Meadow Mari: Марий Тӱрек, Marij Türek) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Mari-Tureksky District of the Mari El Republic, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 5,164. [2]
The State Anthem of the Republic of Mari El [a] is the regional anthem of Mari El, a federal subject of Russia. The anthem has lyrics in three languages: the two versions of Mari, and Russian. The melody was composed by Yuri Toyvars-Yevdokimov, the lyrics by Davlet Islamov . The Russian lyrics were written by Vladimir Panov .