Location: Yoshkar-Ola
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Yoshkar-Ola (Russian: Йошка́р-Ола́; Mari: Йошкар-Ола) is the capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia. Its population is about a quarter million. 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.
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1. Monument to the Family
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2. Monument to Yivan Kyrlya
3. Monument to Mariyskiy Podkogol
4. Saint Peter and Fevroniya Monument
5. The Sculpture The Angel Gabriel
6. Monument to Alexy II
7. Hammer Monument
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8. Clock 12 Apostles
9. Monument to Obolenskiy-Nogotkov
10. Monument to Letter Y
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"Yoshkar-Ola is the one city in Russia that starts with the letter "Y". This fact predetermined the fate of the extraordinary of the ordinary city. "Yoshkar" is translated from the Mari language red: beautiful, festive, solemn. Color in life of flourishing.
