page_title: Yoshkar-Ola
hierarchical_section_title: Yoshkar-Ola
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Фотоколлаж Йошкар-Олы (фото 2009 года) English: Collage of Yoshkar-Ola (2009)
context_page_description: Yoshkar-Ola is the capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia.
  Yoshkar-Ola means red city in Mari and was formerly known as Tsaryovokokshaysk before 1919, as Krasnokokshaysk between 1919 and 1927 and Charla.
  Yoshkar-Ola was established as a military fortress in 1584, following the Russian conquest of the Mari region.
  It is currently one of the centers of the Finno-Ugric people and the administrative center of the Yoshkar-Ola city district.
context_section_description: Yoshkar-Ola (Mari and Russian: Йошкар-Ола) is the capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia. 
  Yoshkar-Ola means red city in Mari and was formerly known as Tsaryovokokshaysk (Царёвококшайск) before 1919, as Krasnokokshaysk (Краснококшайск) between 1919 and 1927 (both after the Malaya Kokshaga River, which runs through the city) and Charla (Чарла) (old Mari). 
  Yoshkar-Ola was established as a military fortress in 1584, following the Russian conquest of the Mari region.
  It is currently one of the centers of the Finno-Ugric people and the administrative center of the Yoshkar-Ola city district.
caption: 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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