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Autonomous republic of the USSR, E of Gorky
and W of the Urals area> 23,200 sq km/8,900
sq mi capital Yoshkar-Ola features the Volga
flows through the SW; 60% is forested
products timber, paper; grain, flax,
potatoes, fruit population (1985) 725,000;
about 43% are ethnic Mari history the Mari
were conquered by Russia in 1552. Mari was
made an autonomous region 1920, an autonomous
republic 1936.