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Map of Mari El
The Republic Mari El (Марий Эл) is in the Russian federal district Volga. To the west of it lies the republic Chuvashia, located in the south Tatarstan, in the east the oblast Kirov and in the north the oblast Nizhny Novgorod
Regions
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Map of Mari El
places
- 1 Yoshkar-Ola
- only bigger city, the name means "red city". It lost practically all of its industry during perestroika.
- 2 Volzhsk
- second largest city, located on the Volga.
- 3 Kosmodemyansk
- the city has a large open-air museum about architecture and ethnography of the Mari.
- 4 Medvedevo
- 5 Zvenigowo
- 6 Sowetski
- 7 Morki
Other goals
- 1 Mari Chodra National Park (Марий Чодра)
- 2 Bolshaya Kokshaga Nature Reserve (Большая Кокшага)
background
The Mari are a Finno-Ugric people, formerly known as "Cheremiss". Mari El Although it means "Land of the Mari", the Russians who live here now make up the majority of the population. The official language is Russian, but the two Mari languages, "Bergmari" and "Wiesenmari", are also official languages. An example of these languages can be found in the mrj.Wikipedia,
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Web links
http://mari-el.gov.ru - Official website of Mari El