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Yo⋅shkar-O⋅la

[Russ. yuh-shkahr-uh-lah]
–noun
Ioshkar-Ola.

Io⋅shkar-O⋅la

[yuh-shkahr-uh-lah]
–noun
a city in and the capital of the Mari Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Kazan. 227,000.
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Yosh·kar-O·la   (yəsh-kär'ə-lä')   
A city of west-central Russia northwest of Kazan. Population: 253,000.
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Yoshkar-Ola

city and capital of Mari El republic, western Russia, on the Malaya (little) Kokshaga River. Yoshkar-Ola was founded in 1578, and in 1584 the fortress of Tsaryovokokshaysk was built there by Tsar Boris Godunov. Its remoteness from lines of communication prevented any development

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