Russia
Volga Region
Mari El

Yoshkar-Ola

Yoshkar-Ola is the capital of in the of the Russian Federation. The city was founded in 1584 during the reign of Ivan IV The Terrible as a fortification post with the purpose of controlling the newly annexed Kazan Khanate.
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  • Type: City with 285,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia
  • Also known as: “Ioshkar Ola”, “Krasnokokshaysk”, “Tsarevokokshaysk”, “Tsaryovokokshaysk”, and “Yoshkar Ola”
  • Address: городской округ Йошкар-Ола

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Drama Theatre M. Shketan and Mari State University.

Theater building
Photo: Jocschmitt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a theater building.

University
Photo: Alkort, CC BY 3.0.
was founded in 1972 in Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic. consists of 6 faculties and 6 institutes that train well-educated specialists for most sectors of the Russian national economy.

Theater building
Photo: Petr Vasiliev, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a theater building.

Yoshkar-Ola

Latitude
56.6316° or 56° 37′ 54″ north
Longitude
47.8869° or 47° 53′ 13″ east
Population
285,000
Elevation
94 metres (308 feet)
Inception
1584
IATA airport code
JOK
United Nations Location Code
RU JOK
Open location code
9H89JVJP+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 191640862
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
466806
Wiki­data ID
Q5449
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Yoshkar-Ola” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Josjkar-Ola”
  • Arabic: “يوشكار - اولا”
  • Arabic: “يوشكار-أولا”
  • Armenian: “Յոշկար Օլա”
  • Asturian: “Yoshkar-Olá”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yoşkar-Ola”
  • Bashkir: “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Basque: “Joxkar-Ola”
  • Belarusian: “Ёшкар-Ала”
  • Belarusian: “Іашкар-Ала”
  • Belarusian: “Яшкар-Ала”
  • Bengali: “ইয়শকার ওলা”
  • Bulgarian: “Йошкар Ола”
  • Catalan: “Ioixkar-Olà”
  • Cebuano: “Yoshkar-Ola”
  • Chechen: “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Chinese: “Yoshkar-Ola”
  • Chinese: “約什卡爾奧拉”
  • Chinese: “约什卡尔奥拉”
  • Chuvash: “Йошкaр-Ола”
  • Chuvash: “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Yoşkar-Ola”
  • Croatian: “Joškar-Ola”
  • Czech: “Joškar-Ola”
  • Danish: “Josjkar-Ola”
  • Dutch: “Josjkar-Ola”
  • Eastern Mari: “Krasnokokshaysk”
  • Eastern Mari: “Tsaryovokokshaysk”
  • Eastern Mari: “Yoshkar Ola”
  • Eastern Mari: “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Erzya: “Йошкар-ола ош”
  • Esperanto: “Joŝkar-Ola”
  • Estonian: “Joškar-Ola”
  • Finnish: “Joškar-Ola”
  • French: “Iochkar-Ola”
  • Georgian: “იოშქარ-ოლა”
  • German: “Joschkar-Ola”
  • Greek: “Γιοσκάρ Ολά”
  • Gujarati: “યોશકર-ઓલા”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Yoshkar-Ola”
  • Hebrew: “יושקר-אולה”
  • Hindi: “योश्कर -ओला”
  • Hungarian: “Joskar-Ola”
  • Indonesian: “Yoshkar-Ola”
  • Irish: “Yoshkar-Ola”
  • Italian: “Joškar-Ola”
  • Japanese: “ヨシュカル・オラ”
  • Japanese: “ヨシュカル=オラ”
  • Kannada: “ಯೋಶ್ಕರ್-ಓಲಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Kirghiz: “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Ёшкар”
  • Komi: “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Korean: “요시카르올라”
  • Ladin: “Iosckar-Ola”
  • Latin: “Caesarocoxaga”
  • Latvian: “Joškarola”
  • Lithuanian: “Joškar Ola”
  • Low German: “Joschkar-Ola”
  • Luxembourgish: “Joschkar-Ola”
  • Malay: “Yoshkar-Ola”
  • Marathi: “योश्कर-ओला”
  • Marathi: “योश्कार-ओला”
  • Mari (Russia): “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yoshkar-Ola”
  • Mingrelian: “იოშქარ-ოლა”
  • Moksha: “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Mongolian: “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Josjkar-Ola”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Josjkar-Ola”
  • Norwegian: “Josjkar-Ola”
  • Ossetian: “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Persian: “یوشکار اولا”
  • Polish: “Joszkar-Oła”
  • Portuguese: “Iochkar-Ola”
  • Portuguese: “Ioshkar-Ola”
  • Pushto: “يوشکر اولا”
  • Romanian: “Ioșkar-Ola”
  • Russian: “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Russian: “Краснококшайск”
  • Russian: “Царевококшайск”
  • Scots: “Yoshkar-Ola”
  • Serbian: “Јошкар Ола”
  • Silesian: “Joszkar-Oła”
  • Sinhala: “යෝෂ්කර්-ලා”
  • Slovenian: “Carevokokšajsk”
  • Slovenian: “Joškar-Ola”
  • Slovenian: “Krasnokokšajsk”
  • Slovenian: “Rdeče mesto”
  • South Azerbaijani: “یوشکار اولا”
  • Spanish: “Yoshkar-Ola”
  • Spanish: “Yoshkar-Olá”
  • Swahili: “Yoshkar-Ola”
  • Swedish: “Josjkar-Ola”
  • Tagalog: “Yoshkar-Ola”
  • Talysh: “Joškar Ola”
  • Talysh: “Yoşkar Ola”
  • Tamil: “யொஷ்கார்-ஓலா”
  • Tatar: “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Telugu: “యొష్కర్ ఓల”
  • Thai: “ยอชการ์ โอลา”
  • Thai: “ยอชคาร์-โอลา”
  • Turkish: “Yoşkar-Ola”
  • Udmurt: “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Ukrainian: “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Joškar-Ola”
  • Urdu: “یوشکار-اولا”
  • Uzbek: “Yoshkar-ola”
  • Uzbek: “Yoshkar-Ola”
  • Venetian: “Joškar-Ola”
  • Veps: “Joškar-Ol”
  • Vietnamese: “Yoshkar-Ola”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Yoshkar-Ola”
  • Welsh: “Yoshkar-Ola”
  • Western Frisian: “Josjkar-Ola”
  • Western Mari: “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Wu Chinese: “约什卡尔奥拉”
  • Yakut: “Йошкар-Ола”
  • Yue Chinese: “約什卡爾奧拉”

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