Yoshkar-Ola

Yoshkar-Ola is a redirect to this article. For the asteroid of the same name, see (2910) Yoshkar-Ola .

city Yoshkar-Ola ошкар-Ола flag coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Mari El Urban district Yoshkar-Ola head Pavel Plotnikov Founded 1584 Earlier names Tsaryovokokshaisk (until 1919) Krasnokokshaisk (until 1927) City since 1781 surface 100  km² population 248,782 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2488 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 100  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 8362 Post Code 424xxx License Plate 12 OKATO 88 401 Website www.i-ola.ru Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 38 '  N , 47 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 38 '0 "  N , 47 ° 52' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Mari El

List of cities in Russia

Yoshkar-Ola ( Russian and Mari Йошкар-Ола , Russia emphasis Йошкар-Ола ; to 1919 Zarjowokokschaisk / Царёвококшайск , 1919-1927 Krasnokokschaisk / Краснококшайск ) is the capital of the republic of Mari El in Russia with 248,782 inhabitants (14 October 2010).

The city is located on the Volga tributary, the Kleine Kokschaga (Malaja Kokschaga), and has universities and colleges, theaters, equipment manufacturing, semiconductor and machine industries .

history

Yoshkar-Ola was founded in 1584 as a military fortress after Russia conquered the Mari area. The original name of the settlement was "City of the Tsar on the Kokschaga" (Russian Царёв город на Кокшаге ). From this came the first name Yoshkar- Ola - Tsaryovokokshaisk .

At the beginning of the 18th century Yoshkar-Ola came to the Kazan Governorate . In 1897 there were five churches and a hospital in the village.

In 1919 the city was renamed Krasnokokschaisk ("Red City on the Kokshaga"), and since 1927 it has had the local name Yoshkar-Ola (in Mari "Red City").

Yoshkar-Ola, National Theater

Population development

year	Residents
1897	1,658
1939	27,179
1959	88,744
1970	166.073
1979	201.371
1989	241,601
2002	256.719
2010	248,782

Note: census data

The city as namesake

The asteroid (2910) Yoshkar-Ola , discovered on October 11, 1980, was named after the city in 1984.

traffic

Long-distance transport

Yoshkar-Ola is on the " Vyatka " trunk road and is thus directly connected to the cities of Cheboksary (80 km) and Kirov (330 km). The night train "Марий-Эл" travels to Moscow ( Kazan station ) in around 15 hours every day . There is also an airfield north of the city.

Local transport

There are three types of public transport in the city. The first bus line opened on June 21, 1931. To date, the route network has been expanded to 13 lines with a total length of 249 km. For the most part, PAS buses run in the city . In a renovation program from 2001 to 2007, 200 new buses were purchased. In addition, 50 leased “Aurora” buses are in use. The city also has a trolleybus network with 12 lines and a length of 234 km. The first line went into operation on November 5, 1970. 85% of passenger transport within the city is handled by the trolleybus. A ride on both buses costs 10  rubles .

In addition to the bus, marshrutkas operate on 19 lines in the city. The fare is 23 rubles.

Further educational institutions

• Branch of the Moscow Open Social University
• Institute of State Service and Administration under the President of the Republic of Mari El
• State Technical University of the Republic of Mari El
• State University of the Republic of Mari El
• N. K. Krupskaya State Pedagogical Institute of the Republic of Mari El

Town twinning

Yoshkar-Ola lists the following twin cities :

• Szombathely , Hungary, since 1971
• Bourges , France, since 1990
• Princeton , United States, since 2003

Sports

In Yoshkar-Ola there are sports facilities for all kinds of sports. The most important are the two ice rinks, the athletics stadium "Druzhba" and a tennis stadium. There is also the “Spartak” sports complex with several sports fields and halls, two large indoor swimming pools where competitions are held, and a small one with three lanes that is used for water aerobics. Ice hockey and football in particular are played in the city, but athletics and figure skating also have many fans in the city. The football club "Spartak Yoshkar-Ola" plays in the fourth Russian league in the Privolschje zone and even won it in 1999. Other (primarily combat) sports are also actively practiced, including boxing , wrestling and judo .

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  The "Druzhba" stadium

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  The tennis stadium in Yoshkar-Ola

Climate table

Yoshkar-Ola
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     32   -10 -18     25th   -8th -17     24   -1 -10     34   9 0     40   18th 6th     61   23 10     82   25th 13     60   22nd 11     54   16 6th     53   6th 0     46   -1 -6     37   -6 -13 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: Roshydromet

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Yoshkar-Ola Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) −9.9 −7.5 −0.6 9.4 18.4 22.6 24.5 22.4 15.6 6.3 −1.2 −5.9 O 7.9 Min. Temperature (° C) −17.9 −16.6 −10.1 −0.3 6.0 10.3 12.8 10.6 6.0 0.0 −6.3 −12.5 O −1.4 Precipitation ( mm ) 32 25th 24 34 40 61 82 60 54 53 46 37 Σ 548 Rainy days ( d ) 9 7th 7th 7th 8th 10 10 9 9 11 10 10 Σ 107 Source: Roshydromet

sons and daughters of the town

• Sinaida Woronina (1947–2001), gymnast and Olympic champion in 1968
• Rubin Abdullin (* 1950), pianist, organist and music teacher
• Tatjana Nikitina (* 1954), mediaevalist and ethnologist
• Alewtina Iwanowa (* 1975), long-distance runner

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  Yoshkar-Ola Harbor

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  Obolensky-Nogotkov Square in Yoshkar-Ola with the National Gallery in the background

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  City gate of Yoshkar-Ola

Web links

Commons : Yoshkar-Ola  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Yoshkar-Ola on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ Minor Planet Circ. 9216