Trinity Church in Yoshkar-Ola
The Trinity Church in Yoshkar-Ola is one of the oldest in the region. It was originally wooden, with the first mention dating back to 1646. In 1736, during the reign of Empress Anna Ioannovna, the first floor of the ston…
Church of Peter and Paul in Kuznetsovo
The history of the independent parish in the village of Kuznetsovo begins in the 1740s, when a wooden church was built in honor of the Epiphany of the Lord.
By the 1840s, the wooden church had fallen into disrepair. Fro…
Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Vladimirskoye
The ancient village of Vladimirskoye is located on the right bank of the Volga, not far from Kozmodemyansk. Here lies the miraculous Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, one of the Orthodox shrines of the Mari El region. …
Church of the Holy Trinity in Vazhnyanger
Since the mid-18th century, the village of Maly Sundyr was the center of a large church parish. In 1754, the first warm wooden church in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity was built here, and in 1764, a second, cold church…
Church of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica in Novye Paraty
In 1747, a wooden church was built in the village of Starye Paraty in honor of the great martyr St. Demetrius of Thessalonica. A century later, it burned down, and a decision was made to build a new church in a different…
Church of St. Guriy of Kazan in Nizhny Az'yala
Next to the road, at the foot of a hill, between the villages of Pet'yala and Az'yala, a white-blue wooden church dedicated to St. Guriy, the Kazan miracle worker, rises in the shade of trees. It harmoniously fits into t…
Novotoryal Museum of Local Lore
On August 27, 1989, the day of the founding of the Novotoryal district, the district local lore museum was solemnly opened in the village of Novy Tor'yel. However, after considering the request of the believers of the Ru…
Republican Museum of Fine Arts in Yoshkar-Ola
The Museum of Fine Arts of the Mari El Republic is a state organization actively participating in the cultural life of the region and its capital, Yoshkar-Ola. The institution was founded in August 1981 as an exhibition …
Museum of Folk Applied Arts in Yoshkar-Ola
The Museum of Folk Applied Arts was opened in 1999. It is located in a one-story wooden house with a mezzanine, built in a classical style and adorned with intricate carvings. The building was constructed in 1907 and bel…
National Art Gallery in Yoshkar-Ola
The gallery began its work on November 4, 2007, with the exhibition "Faces of Time," which showcased the cultural heritage of Mari El from the collections of leading museums in the republic. The opening coincided with th…
