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Mari El, [a] officially the Mari El Republic, [b] is a republic of Russia. It is in the European region of the country, along the northern bank of the Volga River, and administratively part of the Volga Federal District. The republic has a population of 696,459 (2010 Census). [13] Yoshkar-Ola is the capital and largest city.
The Mari (/ ˈ m ɑːr i / MAR-ee), [a] also formerly known as the Cheremis or Cheremisses, [b] [7] [8] are a Finno-Ugric people in Eastern Europe, who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama rivers in Russia. [7] They live mostly in the Mari El republic, with significant minorities in Bashkortostan, Perm Krai, Tatarstan and Udmurtia. [7]
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.
Zvenigovo (Russian: Звени́гово; Meadow Mari: Провой, Provoj) is a town and the administrative center of Zvenigovsky District of the Mari El Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Volga River, 90 kilometers (56 mi) south of Yoshkar-Ola, the capital of the republic.
Map of Russia with Mari El highlighted. This is a list of rural localities in the Mari El Republic. Mari El (Russian: Респу́блика Мари́й Эл, Respublika Mariy El; Meadow Mari: Марий Эл Республик; Hill Mari: Мары Эл Республик) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic).
The State Assembly of the Mari El Republic (Meadow Mari: Марий Эл Республикысе Кугыжаныш Погын; Russian: Государственное Собрание Республики Марий Эл) is the regional parliament of Mari El, a federal subject of Russia. A total of 52 deputies are elected for five-year terms ...
Mari-Tureksky District (Russian: Мари́-Туре́кский райо́н; Meadow Mari: Марий Тӱрек кундем, Marij Türek kundem) is an administrative [1] and municipal [6] district , one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic.
Sovetsky District (Russian: Сове́тский райо́н; Meadow Mari: У Роҥго кундем, U Roŋgo kundem) is an administrative [1] and municipal [6] district , one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is 1,421 square kilometers (549 sq mi). [3]