Yoshkar-Ola

British  

/ jaʃˈkaraˈla /

noun

1. a city in Russia, capital of the Mari El Republic. Pop: 260 000 (2005 est)

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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

She said she had traveled with her son from a Yoshkar-Ola, a town 500 miles east of Moscow, just to see the parade in person.

From New York Times

Two leading members of Evil Corp, Maksim Yakubets of Moscow and Igor Turashev from the Russian city Yoshkar-Ola, were charged with bank fraud and also sanctioned by the treasury department for developing and distributing the Dridex malware which stole swiped banking credentials from more than 40 countries.

From The Guardian

Maksim V. Yakubets, 32, of Moscow and Igor Turashev, 38, from Yoshkar-Ola, Russia were charged in the 10-count indictment filed in federal court in Pittsburgh.

From Seattle Times

Some examples include Russia’s Yoshkar-Ola, where former regional governor Leonid Markelov erected pompous buildings — inspired by the Kremlin and Venice’s Piazza San Marco — next to crumbling concrete apartment blocks.

From Washington Post