Yoshkar-Ola

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Yoshkar-Ola

Yoshkar-Ola (Mari

Mari language

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
and is the capital of the Mari El Republic

Mari El

Mari El Republic is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . The direct romanization of Russian of the republic's Russian and Mari names are Respublika Mariy El and Marii El Respublik, respectively....
. It has a population of 281,165 (2002 Census

Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
), which is slowly increasing as people from neighboring areas move to the city.

Yoshkar-Ola means red city in Mari

Mari language

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Yoshkar-Ola (Mari

Mari language

Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
and is the capital of the Mari El Republic

Mari El

Russian Census (2002)

Mari language

The Mari language , spoken by more than 600,000 people, belongs to the Finno-Ugric languages branch of the Uralic languages language family. It is spoken primarily in the Mari El of the Russian Federation as well as in the area along the Vyatka River river basin and eastwards to the Ural Mountains....
. The current name is the third to have been given to the city. The city was known as Tsaryovokokshaysk before 1919 and as Krasnokokshaisk between the years of 1919 and 1927. These names were derived from the river Small Kokshaga, which runs through the city.

During the Soviet era, especially post-WWII

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, 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

Shuttle trading

Shuttle trading is a term used for a Russian economic practice in which traders shuttle backwards and forwards across the country buying goods from cheap sources in Moscow, major port cities or outside Russia and selling them in the Russian interior....
who would transport (often counterfeit

Counterfeit

A counterfeit is an imitation made usually with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins, thus increasing sales appeal due to the reputation of the imitated product....
) 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.

A Strategic Rocket Forces

Strategic Rocket Forces

The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or RVSN RF are an arm of service of the Russian armed forces that controls Russia's land-based ICBMs....
base is located nearby.

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

Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
with other short-service trains running to and from Kazan

Kazan

Kazan is the capital types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Tatarstan, Russia, and one of Russia's largest cities. It is a major industrial, commercial and cultural center, and remains the most important center of Tatar culture....
. Moscow and various other nearby towns and regions can also be reached by buses departing from the local bus station. The Yoshkar-Ola Airport

Yoshkar-Ola Airport

Yoshkar-Ola Airport is an airport in Mari El, Russia located 9 km north of Yoshkar Ola. It handles small airliners....
is also located 9 km north of the city and handles small aircraft Moscow

Moscow

Domodedovo International Airport

Domodedovo International Airport is an international airport located 35 km south of the centre of Moscow, Russia. It is one of the three major Moscow airports along with Sheremetyevo International Airport and Vnukovo Airport....
) since June 2008. 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 marshrutka
Marshrutka

Marshrutka , from marshrutnoye taksi is a share taxi in the Commonwealth of Independent States countries, the Baltic states, and Bulgaria....
s. There are currently seven different bus routes, eleven different trolley routes, and seventeen marshrutka routes.

Climate

The city is situated in a temperate continental climate. The winters are long and cold with high yearly snowfall totals in these regions, in the majority of winter seasons a temperature of -18°C or lower can be expected with January as the coldest month. The area enjoys pleasantly warm summers, marred by only occasional, brief intervals of sultry or rainy conditions with July as the hottest month (+22...+24°C).

Education

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

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Yoshkar-Ola's Twin Town

Yoshkar-Ola is twinned

Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
with: Szombathely

Szombathely

Szombathely, is a city in Hungary. It is the administrative center of the Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria....
(Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
) Bourges

Bourges

Bourges is a commune in France in central France on the Y?vre river. It is the capital of the Departments of France of Cher and also was the capital of the former provinces of France of Berry ....
(France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
) Lyon

Lyon

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(France

France

Princeton, West Virginia

Princeton is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, West Virginia, United States. The population was 6,347 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bluefield, West Virginia, WV-Virginia Bluefield micropolitan area which has a population of 107,578....
(USA, West Virginia

West Virginia

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Yoshkar-Ola

Transportation

Climate

Education

Yoshkar-Ola's Twin Town

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