What is Yoshkar-Ola?
[[File:Yoshkar-Ola, Malaya Kokshaga river.jpg|thumb|250px|Yoshkar-Ola]] [[File:Coat of Arms of Yoshkar-Ola (Mariy-El).png|right|90px]]{{fact|date=March 2019}}[[File:Flag of Yoshkar-Ola (Mariy-El).png|right|250px]] '''Yoshkar-Ola''' ({{lang-ru|Йошкар-Ола}}; {{lang-chm|Йошкар-Ола}}) is the [[capital city]] of the [[Mari El Republic]], [[Russia]]. 248,782 people lived in the city in 2010. Yoshkar-Ola is the capital of the Mari El Republic in western Russia. In the city center, the National Art Gallery hosts changing exhibits in a Renaissance-style building. The Museum of the History of Yoshkar-Ola displays military artifacts and folk art in a former merchant’s house. The green-domed Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ is nearby. The riverside Republican Puppet Theater resembles a medieval castle. It used to be named '''Tsaryovokokshaysk''' ({{lang|ru|Царёвококшайск}}) before 1919, as '''Krasnokokshaysk''' ({{lang|ru|Краснококшайск}}) between 1919 and 1927 == Related pages == *[[List of cities and towns in Russia]] ==Other websites== {{Wikivoyage}} {{Commonscat}} *[http://www.i-ola.ru/ Official website of Yoshkar-Ola] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214181953/https://www.i-ola.ru/ |date=2021-12-14 }} {{in lang|ru}} *[http://yoshkarola.online.fr/index_en.htm Map of Yoshkar-Ola] {{Russian republics capitals}} {{europe-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Capitals of republics of Russia]]