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Yoshkar-Ola (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 56 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 56.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 047 55 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 47.9167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on the Malaja Kokshaga River; fortress of Tsaryovokoshaysk built here by Boris Gudunov in 1584; distant from lines of communication until construction of railway to Zelenodolsk in 1927; site of teacher-training & forestry institutes. |
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| Yoshkar-Ola (preferred,C,V,O)
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| Ioshkar-Ola (C,V)
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............ | used 1578-1919, reinstated in 1927 |
| Joškar-Ola (C,V)
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| Ioshkar Ola (C,U)
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| Joschkar-Ola (C,U)
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| Tsarevokokshaysk (C,U)
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| Йошкар-Ола (C,U,Russian-P)
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| Krasnokokshaysk (H,V)
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............ | from 1919-1927 |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 1578 |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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since 1919 |
| transportation center (C) |
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