Ascension Cathedral in Yoshkar-Ola
The Ascension Church in Tsarevokokshaisk, now known as Yoshkar-Ola, was built in 1756 during the reign of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, thanks to the efforts and funding of merchant Ivan Andreyevich Pchelin, whose house wa…
Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kokshaysk
People began to settle this area as early as the Mesolithic era. Several settlements from the early Bronze Age have been found in Kokshaysk. Tribes that came from present-day Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions brought with …
Trinity Church in Troitsky Posad
On the right bank of the Volga, at the mouth of the Big Yungi River, lies the village of Troitsky Posad. In the first half of the 19th century, it was a provincial town, founded just two years after Kozmodemyansk, in 158…
National Museum of the Republic of Mari El named after T. Evseev in Yoshkar-Ola
On March 4, 1920, the board of the Krasnokokshaysky district department of public education decided to create a Central Museum in Krasnokokshaysk. Just on April 3 of the same year, the museum opened its doors to visitors…
Memorial House-Museum of S.G. Chavain in Chavainur Village
The literary-ethnographic complex named after S.G. Chavain was opened to visitors on October 15, 1961, as a house-museum. The museum includes two buildings: a one-story wooden house where the founder of Mari literature S…
Sheremetev Castle in Yurino
The castle, designed by German architect Rudolf Müller in the style of late neo-Gothic, also includes elements of Gothic, Eastern, Romanesque, and ancient Russian styles. The combination of red and black brick with white…
Kozmodemyansk Cultural and Historical Museum Complex
Kozmodemyansk is located on the picturesque high right bank of the Volga River in the Mari El Republic. More than four hundred years ago, this place caught the attention of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, who in 1583 ordered the…
House-Museum of I. S. Klyuchnikov-Palantai in Yoshkar-Ola
The house-museum of composer I. S. Klyuchnikov-Palantai was established by the order of the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR on March 16, 1960, as a branch of the Mari Republican Local History Museum. The museum was open…
Museum of Orthodox History in Yoshkar-Ola
The Museum of Orthodox History was opened on November 4, 2016, coinciding with the celebration of the Day of National Unity and the Day of the Formation of the Mari Autonomous Region. It is a branch of the National Museu…
Sernur Historical and Literary Museum of the Mari El Republic
The Sernur Local History Museum was founded by the decision of the Council of Deputies of Workers of the Mari ASSR at a meeting of the executive committee of the Sernur District Council, as noted in protocol No. 11 dated…
