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Yoshkar-Ola

Coordinates: 56°37′58″N 47°53′45″E / 56.63278°N 47.89583°E / 56.63278; 47.89583
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Yoshkar-Ola
Йошкар-Ола
City[1]
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 • MariЙошкар-Ола
Top: Wall clock display in the Yoshkar-Ola National Art Gallery. Middle left: Yoshkar-Ola City Hall. Middle right: Flower-style lantern in Obolensky-Nogotkov Square. Bottom left: Monument to Obolensky-Nogotkov. Bottom right: Monument to Tsar Cannon in the National Art Gallery.
Top: Wall clock display in the Yoshkar-Ola National Art Gallery. Middle left: Yoshkar-Ola City Hall. Middle right: Flower-style lantern in Obolensky-Nogotkov Square. Bottom left: Monument to Obolensky-Nogotkov. Bottom right: Monument to Tsar Cannon in the National Art Gallery.
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Yoshkar-Ola is located in Russia
Yoshkar-Ola
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Location of Yoshkar-Ola
Yoshkar-Ola is located in Mari El
Yoshkar-Ola
Yoshkar-Ola
Yoshkar-Ola (Mari El)
Coordinates: 56°37′58″N 47°53′45″E / 56.63278°N 47.89583°E / 56.63278; 47.89583
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMari El[1]
Founded1584
City status since1781
Government
 • HeadOleg Voinov
Area
[2]
 • Total100.39 km2 (38.76 sq mi)
Elevation
100 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total248,782
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
268,272 (+7.8%)
 • Rank74th in 2010
 • Density2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi)
 • Subordinated tocity of republic significance of Yoshkar-Ola[1]
 • Capital ofMari El Republic
 • Capital ofcity of republic significance of Yoshkar-Ola[1]
 • Urban okrugYoshkar-Ola Urban Okrug[5]
 • Capital ofYoshkar-Ola Urban Okrug[5]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
Postal code(s)[7]
424000—424045
Dialing code(s)+7 8362
OKTMO ID88701000001
City DayThird Saturday of August
Websitewww.i-ola.ru

Yoshkar-Ola (Russian: Йошка́р-Ола́; Mari: Йошкар-Ола) is the capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia. Population: 248,782 (2010 Census);[3] 256,719 (2002 Census);[8] 241,601 (1989 Soviet census).[9]

Names

Yoshkar-Ola means red city in Mari. The current name is the third to have been given to the city. The city was known as Tsaryovokokshaysk (Царёвококшайск) before 1919 and as Krasnokokshaysk (Краснококшайск) between 1919 and 1927. These names were derived from the name of the Malaya Kokshaga River, which runs through the city. The city's old Mari name was Charla (Чарла).

History

Yoshkar-Ola was established as a military fortress in 1584, following the Russian conquest of the Mari region.

During the Soviet era, especially after World War II, the city was a regional industrial and transport center and grew to its current size. The collapse of the Soviet Union removed support for state enterprises, and led to the shutdown of most manufacturing activity in the area. Much of the city's economic activity was supported by shuttle traders who would transport (often counterfeit) goods from the bustling markets of Moscow to Yoshkar-Ola's bazaars. The sharp decline in living standards led to the emigration of specialized professionals to larger cities in Russia.

Administrative and municipal status

Yoshkar-Ola is the capital of the republic.[citation needed] Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with ten rural localities, incorporated as the city of republic significance of Yoshkar-Ola—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the city of republic significance of Yoshkar-Ola is incorporated as Yoshkar-Ola Urban Okrug.[5]

Transportation

Yoshkar-Ola is linked to other cities and regions in Russia by a series of train and bus routes. The local train station is currently served by a daily train to and from the capital Moscow with other short-service trains running to and from Kazan. Moscow and various other nearby towns and regions can also be reached by buses departing from the local bus station. The Yoshkar-Ola Airport is also located 9 km north of the city and handles small aircraft Moscow-bound flights (Vnukovo International Airport) since April 2012. It is planned to expand the range of destinations in the near future.

Destinations within the city limits can be reached through a network of buses, trolleys, and route taxis, or marshrutkas. There are currently seven different bus routes, eleven different trolley routes, and seventeen marshrutka routes.[citation needed]

A train leaves Yoshkar-Ola every evening at 19:00 to Moscow, stopping at routes along the way.

Climate

The city is situated in a temperate continental climate. The winters are long and cold with lots of snow, the climate goes up to -30 in January as it is the coldest month. The town enjoys very warm summers, marred by only occasional, brief intervals of sultry or rainy conditions with July as the hottest month where the climate hits to about +35 every day.

Education

Yoshkar-Ola is home to several institutions of higher education:

There are also many schools for Primary Students aged between 7 and 18

Military

The 14th Kiev-Zhitomir Rocket Division of the 27th Guards Missile Army of the Strategic Rocket Forces is located nearby.[10]

Twin towns and sister cities

Yoshkar-Ola is twinned with:

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Yoshkar-Ola.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #22-Z
  2. ^ БД ПМО Республики Марий Эл. Город Йошкар-Ола
  3. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Law #15-Z
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  9. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  10. ^ 14th Kievsko-Zhitomirskaya order of Kutuzov Missile Division

Sources

  • Государственное Собрание Республики Марий Эл. Закон №22-З от 3 мая 2006 г. «О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства (деления) Республики Марий Эл», в ред. Закона №50-З от 31 октября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Республики Марий Эл». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Марийская правда", №81, 6 мая 2006 г. (State Assembly of the Mari El Republic. Law #22-Z of May 3, 2006 On the Procedures of the Administrative-Territorial Structure (Division) of the Mari El Republic, as amended by the Law #50-Z of October 31, 2014 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Mari El Republic. Effective as of the official publication date.).
  • Государственный Совет Республики Марий Эл. Закон №15-З от 18 июня 2004 г. «О статусе, границах и составе муниципальных районов, городских округов в Республике Марий Эл», в ред. Закона №50-З от 31 октября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Республики Марий Эл». Вступил в силу через 10 дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Марийская правда", №116, 24 июня 2004 г. (State Council of the Mari El Republic. Law #15-Z of June 18, 2004 On the Status, Borders, and Composition of the Municipal Districts, Urban Okrugs in the Mari El Republic, as amended by the Law #50-Z of October 31, 2014 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Mari El Republic. Effective as of after 10 days after the official publication.).

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