Yoshkar-Ola is the capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia.
| FactSnippet No. 822,174 |
10 Facts About Yoshkar-Ola
2.
Yoshkar-Ola means “red city” in Mari and was formerly known as Tsaryovokokshaysk before 1919, as Krasnokokshaysk between 1919 and 1927 both after the Malaya Kokshaga River and Charla, by the Mari people.
| FactSnippet No. 822,175 |
3.
Yoshkar-Ola was established as a military fortress in 1584, following the Russian conquest of the Mari-inhabited regions of the Volga and its tributaries.
| FactSnippet No. 822,176 |
4.
Yoshkar-Ola was established as a military fortress in 1584, following the Russian conquest of the Mari region.
| FactSnippet No. 822,177 |
5.
Yoshkar-Ola means “red city” in Mari and before 1919 was known as Tsaryovokokshaysk, between 1919 and 1927 as Krasnokokshaysk both after the Malaya Kokshaga River and is known as Charla amongst the Mari people.
| FactSnippet No. 822,178 |
6.
Yoshkar-Ola is linked to other cities and regions in Russia by a series of train and bus routes.
| FactSnippet No. 822,179 |
7.
Yoshkar-Ola has a prison colony, which came to international attention in September 2022 as the location of a Wagner group video in which Yevgeny Prigozhin promised convicts they would be released from prison if they served a six-month combat tour in the war against Ukraine.
| FactSnippet No. 822,180 |
8.
Climate of Yoshkar-Ola is very similar to that of Nizhny Novgorod or Kirov.
| FactSnippet No. 822,181 |
9.
Yoshkar-Ola is home to 88 educational institutions, among them several institutions of higher education, including:.
| FactSnippet No. 822,182 |
10.
Additionally, Yoshkar-Ola has many private educational centers offering different qualifications and trainings in such disciplines as foreign languages, computer science and many others.
| FactSnippet No. 822,183 |