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Yoshkar-Ola

Yoshkar-Ola is the capital of Mari El in the Volga Region 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. Wikivoyage

Population 285,219 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Russia

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Russia

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Central market

    Центральный рынок

    No hours mapped

    1.1 km from the centre

  • Мини рынок

    No hours mapped

    2.3 km from the centre

  • Оптовая база

    No hours mapped

    2.5 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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