Mari El Republic

British  

/ ˈmɑːrɪ /

noun

1. a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Yoshkar-Ola. Pop: 728 000 (2002). Area: 23 200 sq km (8955 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Using visual clues in the video, such as a green-roofed church, a striped chimney and the layout of the buildings, The New York Times and others determined that the speech was delivered at a penal colony in Yoshkar-Ola, a city in the Mari El republic, about 400 miles east of Moscow.

From New York Times

On the video, Prigozhin told the inmates of the penal colony, which The Post identified to be in the small Mari El republic in central Russia, that he was looking for the most brazen “stormtroopers,” willing to be thrown into hot spots as infantry.

From Washington Post