It is a richly decorated fairytale palace with dark red walls and a green roof. Windows and doors in a snow-white frame. Graceful turrets in the Old Russian style and battlements in the Gothic style. The palace can hardly be attributed to any one architectural direction. A successful combination of several is observed here. Further, seven columns support the glass dome of the winter garden. The interior of the castle is incomparable. Especially noteworthy is the sophistication of the "East Study", "Picture Gallery", "Oak Room". And also there are magnificent fireplaces. One of them even contains a slab found during excavations in Pompeii.
After admiring the castle, you can stop for a rest here. There is a good hotel in the Sheremetyev estate, and a cozy cafe is located very close. In addition, here, as in the entire republic, you can admire the amazing landscapes to your heart's content.
Museums
Continuing to describe the sights of Mari El, the photos of which are presented in the article, one cannot but tell about the museum of the city of Yoshkar-Ola. Those wishing to learn about the history of the republic can visit it. The traditions of the indigenous people can be found in the Museum of Applied Arts. It is housed in a modest one-story building with an attic. Also in the city there is a museum of peasant labor and life. Its "highlight" is a rich collection of bells and bells.
Quite recently, the Tsarevokokshay Kremlin was built in the center of the capital. An imposing old Russian fortress made of red bricks, walls and towers covered with a green roof, resembles the scenery for a historical film. There is a church in this complex, archaeological Museum and a monument to the founder of the city Fyodor Ioannovich.
Attractions of Mari El: photo and description
There is an unusual street sculpture in Yoshkar-Ola. Yoshkin cat is called. A representative of the bronze feline family sat imposingly on the bench, smiling indulgently at the passers-by.
Let's continue to describe the sights of Mari El. A very significant monument was opened five years ago. This is a bronze sculpture depicting the great Russian poet A.S. Pushkin and his most famous hero, Eugene Onegin.
What other interesting sights of Mari El? In the Italian park of Yoshkar-Ola, the sculptural composition "Lorenzo di Piero de Medici the Magnificent" was recently installed, which symbolizes the triumph of science and art.
Churches and cathedrals
The Holy Trinity Church is a monument of Russian church architecture. With the advent of Soviet power, she suffered the same fate as many temples in the country. It was closed and almost destroyed. The restored temple impresses with its splendor and marvelous architecture.
What other interesting sights of Mari El? For example, the Orthodox shrine of the capital of the republic is the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. It is directed to the sky with its high towers a building with reddish walls with white stripes that visually increase the height of the building. Green roofs and golden domes attract the eyes of a traveler amazed by this beauty for a long time.
In 2007, the Annunciation Tower was built in the central part of the city. The building is 55 meters high and resembles a fragment of the Kremlin. Equipped with the most accurate clocks, which are controlled by satellite.
Conclusion
Now you know the main attractions of Mari El. Photos with a description for clarity are presented in the article. We hope that the sights of the republic and information about them were of interest to you.
State Natural National Park "Mari Chodra" was created in 1985 in the southeastern part of the Republic of Mari El, where the border with Tatarstan passes. Its main features are the cleanest rivers and lakes, which have become favorite places for recreation not only among the local population, but also among tourists from all over the country.
To preserve the diverse flora and fauna of the park, its employees annually conduct various educational programs and beautification campaigns. There are also school forestries in the park, in which children are given the opportunity to study the natural world, conduct research work and help to look after the park territory and its inhabitants.
The park also publishes its own newspaper "Mariy Chodra", information booklets and various souvenirs.
Coordinates: 56.15000000,48.36666700
The most popular attractions in Mari El with descriptions and photos for every taste. Choose the best places to visit famous places Mari Ela on our website.
Posted Thu, 13/02/2014 - 14:43 by Cap
Since 2007, Team Nomads tell in their articles about lakes Mari El and adjacent areas. This project has long outgrown the Mari Territory, but still we are returning to this topic, since the next summer has come, and many tourists and just vacationers want to spend the weekend on the shore of the beautiful Mari Lake!
Questions: where to swim, where to rest, how to get there, how to find, etc. - the most frequent questions that dear readers of our site send us! For this reason, we want to offer a consolidated, so to speak, unifying article about the Mari El lakes!
We think that there will be several more such summary articles about lakes, rivers, beautiful and remarkable places of the RME! Everything has its time!
We also want to ask our dear readers and tourists to treat our nature more carefully! They would not leave garbage, would not make noise in the forest, would not leave fires, if possible - they would take away other people's garbage, would not chop down living trees! Nature in our time is especially vulnerable and vulnerable to human influence! And there are fewer and fewer beautiful and deaf places every year!
Night on the Mari lake
Sergey Karpeev
A moonlit lake.
In the pasma of agate, the pool swells.
Willow hangings on openwork pendants
Pulls on the mermaid strands of hair.
There, at the foot of the ancient pine forest,
A dark cliff with a wild rose hip.
Throwing the pipe of busting verse
The overflow has subsided.
The water froze black at night,
Spots of stars cleared up in her.
Talovy Ernik with a looped arc
Kutal in the yaruga running stream.
Chu, the frog fell silent in a crowd,
Chomped on a marshy side,
Maybe Bolotnik with a bitchy karshoy
A dashing shore tramples on his heel.
An inconspicuous fire fell asleep -
The tail of the haze was unraveled.
The month's image is pearl-colored
The clouds shone in a radiant stream.
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I would also like to say thank you to those people who helped us in this project, who sent and are sending us photos and materials on the lakes and beautiful places of the Mari Territory! Especially Sergei Malanov, who walked all the lakes of Mari El, as well as Sergei Semenov, Pavel Burmistrov, Andrei Semenov, Vadim Shabalin, Elvira Lipatova, Artur Kayumov and many others!
In general, here is a story about the most beautiful, unique and remarkable lakes in Mari El!
If someone wants to send their material and photos on this topic, then send here:
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We will definitely indicate the authorship!
Why stay at home when you can travel to interesting places? Go where you have not been able to visit before. In order to have a good rest, it is not necessary to go abroad, there are many beautiful places in our republic. The lakes are especially good in the Republic of Mari El. There are more than 500 of them in our region. This means that there are more than enough places not known and not seen by you. Forget for a while about the existence of cities, about endless urgent matters, work and eternal vanity. Go back to where you came from, go back to nature.
Recall that the Mari Republic is considered one of the most lakes in the Volga-Vyatka region. There are many lakes on its territory. According to the origin of the basins, they all belong to 3 types: karst or sinkhole; in between - with blowing hollows; river, representing the remains of rivers.
The most beautiful and famous RME lake is the Sea Eye (Mushyl), probably the most visited at any time of the year! The lake took part in the competition for the most beautiful places in the Volga region, as well as the Finno-Ugric world!
Lake Morskoy Eye (near the village of Shariboksad) stands out for its peculiar shape, like a volcanic crater with a destroyed outer wall. This relatively young karst sinkhole occurred in a high scarp zone up to 90 m in height. The depth of the lake, which lies already in the zone of the foot of the ledge, reaches 35.5 m at a diameter of 45 by 50 m. The transparency of the water is significant, up to 5.5 m, and its characteristic emerald green color. A stream flows out of the lake with a flow rate of up to 10 l / sec. Water good quality and is used by the local population for drinking needs. Based on the chemical analysis performed, it follows that the lake is fed by descending underground sources from sandy strata and layers of thin limestones of the Tatar age, as well as by atmospheric precipitation entering the lake in the form of a temporary runoff (melt snow water, rain).
A short film about the Sea Eye Lake
The cleanest lake in the RME and the Volga region is Lake Nuzhyar!
Lake Nuzhiar is located in the southern taiga region of the Mari lowland. By origin, it is interspersed, overburdened by karst, with a dip almost in the center of the basin. The depth increases gradually from the coast to the center. Maximum depth 15 m. The lake has an almost regular rounded shape with a diameter of about 680 m. The coastline is slightly indented. Area 34.2 hectares. The lake is not small. The water is very clean with a low content of suspended solids, which ensures high transparency - up to 8 m, although in general this is not typical for the lakes of the Mari woodland. The mineralization of the lake is the smallest of the surveyed - 0.019 g / l. The bottom is sandy, very clean, only in places along the coast is littered with fallen trees. The northeastern and eastern coasts are quite high; in the western and southern parts of the coastal zone, waterlogged areas are occasionally found. Aquatic vegetation is poorly developed, represented by reeds, horsetails and a relict - lacustrine hemi.
Lake Tabashinskoe, Zryv
The deepest karst lake in the Middle Volga region is Lake Tabashinskoe (Zryv) located in the northern part of the RME, the depth of which reaches 53 m. The Pizhanka River flows out of this lake, which indicates that it is fed by underwater streams. The dimensions of the lake are 800 by 400 m.
There are many legends and stories about the lake. There is a picturesque church on the shore of the lake!
It is likely that there are also karst cavities and dips under the lake.
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The second cleanest lake in Mari El is Lake Karasyar; it is also one of the picturesque and remote lakes.
Lake Karasyar is similar in many characteristics to Nuzhyar, which is explained by their close location. It is interspersed in origin, with a secondary karst sinkhole. The increase in depth from the southeastern coast is noticeably sharper. Already a few tens of meters from the coast, the depth is 6-9 meters. The northwestern part of the basin is more gentle. The maximum depth is 14.7 m. The lake area is 25.5 hectares. The transparency is high - 5.5 m. The bottom is sandy. The shores are low, but mostly dry. Waterlogging was noted only in the western and partly northern parts of the coastline.
Lake Yalchik is located in the southern part of the RME,
exactly this large lake Mari Territory, with an area of \u200b\u200babout 160 hectares. A wonderful lake for family vacation and fishing!
The lake is characterized by a complex lobed shape, which has arisen at the water fork of streams that have gone into the sand and underlying karst rocks. The karsting resulted in two lines of sinkholes located at an angle to each other. One strip of karst sinkholes has a length from west to east of 1600 m and a width of 35 to 180 m, with the greatest depths up to 35 m (eastern corner). The second strip of karst sinkholes is 1200 m long, with a width of 75 to 325 m, and the depth survey showed that there are two large karst depressions with depths of 32 and 27 m.
Shores lake Yalchik characterized by circus-like bends, reflecting dips young in age. So in August 1914 (report of forester Santarov) early in the morning in calm weather there was a roar like thunder, and a wave passed over the surface of the lake for 50 m, and on the opposite bank a strip of coast with a forest went into the water. By the collapse of the shores caused by the outcrops and activity of underwater karst springs in the lake basin, the lake area is gradually expanding.
Lake Glukhoe is one of the most beautiful and unique lakes in the Mari Territory!
Place of birth of the Team Wandering! IN given time closed to the public, but accessible to walking and cycling tourists (without lighting a fire and a bivouac).
Lake Glukhoe has a length of 950 m with a width of 100 m. Its basin is formed by the junction of four large karst dips, and the two northern basins have depths of up to 18 m and are separated by a threshold 4 m high. The deepest is the third depression - the central one, the depth of which reaches 26 m, and the threshold separating it from the northern depression has a height of 12 m. The fourth depression is narrowed to 50-70 m, and in its relief there are two craters: one with a depth of 20 m, and the other up to 8 m. Yalchik passes the zone of large sinkholes.
Lake Konan-er beautiful lakes of Mari El 
Konan-er - One of the most mysterious lakes in the RME! The place where night mermaids sing, where Pugachev's detachment visited, passes the legendary Galitsky tract, where witches and psychics gather, and much more happens. Anomalous zone is located near the lake!
Lake Konan-Er is located on the eastern slope of the remnant hill - Maple Mountain. The dimensions of the lake are 600 x 100-120 m; it is one sinkhole with the greatest depths up to 22 m in the northwestern part. The transparency of the water is up to 5 m. Already at a depth of 7 m, the water temperature is about 7 ° C, which indicates underwater feeding by sources coming out of the high slope of the hill, the height of which is 30 m above the lake. The Konondeka river flows out of the lake.
Kichier - sunny lake , very convenient for swimming and relaxation, is located next to the highway to Yoshkar-Ola. There are many tourist routes from the lake.
Lake Kichier is located in the lower reaches of the river. Ilet and reaches a length of up to 3 km with a width of up to 450 m. The depth of the lake is 7-8 m, the maximum is 16 m. The lake is flowing. From it follows the river. Yugudem, which then flows into the river from the left. Ilet.
Lake Shut-Er is the largest in the Kerebeliak lake group,
located 2 km south of the lake. Kuzh-Er. Its length is 1550 m with a width of 300 m. The lake also has asymmetric shores, with a high western slope up to 40 m high, and on the left low-lying slope, with aeolian sandy relief, there are suffusion funnels. The basin of the lake consists of three depressions, the deepest, the middle one, having a depth of 17 m, the northern one - 16 m and the southern one - 8 m. The greatest depths of the depressions are shifted to the high western slope. The transparency of the water is 6 m, and the underwater springs were recorded at a temperature of 6 ° C at a depth of 16 m. At shallow depths in Shut-Era, the water seems dark in color due to the visible bottom sediments. The lake is located in the restricted area of \u200b\u200bthe Park. A very picturesque view of the lakes from a large cliff on the western shore! The most beautiful lake in the vicinity of Kerebeliak!
Lake Kugu-Er (Big) Mari El lakes 
located in the lower part of the river. Petyalki, has a length of 1500 m at a depth of 7-8 m. The lake basin consists of lake depressions. The lake splits into stretches, connected by picturesque short channels. In fact, these are three floodplain lakes in the riverbed. On the banks there are Petjal meadows where you can camp. A white water lily grows on the lake, beavers live. There are a lot of currants and blackberries on the shores of the lake, there are many mushrooms around in the forest! Good fishing on the stretches and on the river! In the spring, through Kugu-er, you can kayak to the Ilet River.
mushan-er lake (Mushander lakes) 
Mushan-er lakes are located chain at the northwestern slope of Maple Mountain. Lake Bolshoy Mushan-er, 1160 m long and 220 m wide, has a sinkhole, consisting of three depressions. The depths of the southern and middle depressions are up to 16 m, and the northern ones are only 6 m, and this sinkhole is separated by a 5 m high threshold from the main sinkholes. The lake is located in a picturesque forest area. Lake Maloe is located 60 m south of Bolshoi Mushan-er. The dimensions of the lake basin are 400 by 180 m at a depth of 14-15 m. The transparency of the water in both lakes is 3.5 m. Lake Lineva pit is a sinkhole with dimensions of 140 by 60 m at a depth of 9 m. It is located 40 m west of Lake Maloe Mushan- eerie. The lake is very accessible, so there are always a lot of tourists. There are several sandy beaches, springs gushing from the mountainside. The lake is notable for the fact that the water contains a small concentration of radon gas, which is good for joints.
Lake Puzhan-Er (near the village of Sherembal) consists of three sinkholes , and the deepest is the eastern one - 17 m deep. The total length of the lake is up to 920 m. The increase in depths to the east from 2.5 m (western), 7 m (central) to 17 m indicates the uplift of layers of soluble rocks towards the Yang-Aul tectonic structure. The waters of the lake are used for economic purposes. It is located near the Morskoy Eye Lake, and is also picturesque in its own way, as it lies on the slope of the Sotnur Highlands. A path can be made through these lakes - tourist route to other lakes of the Sotnur group.
Big Marier is one of the largest lakes in Mari El!
Lakes Bolshoy and Malyi Mariera are located in the interfluve of the Rutka - Bolshoi Kokshagi on the territory of the Zvenigovsky region. Apparently, they are the last natural habitats in Mari El of the relict species - the floating bogeyman or chilim. Scientists consider the water nut in the extratropical zone to be a rare plant, disappearing. The Maryerskie Lakes are located separately, far from major waterways and highways, in the depths of woodlands. Their shores are swampy, swampy, on the Small Marier in places they turn into a bog. And after the fires of 1972, they lost their attractiveness even more. The lakes are connected to each other by a small channel. The area of \u200b\u200bthe Small and Big Marier, respectively, is 18.7 and 118.2 hectares. With a maximum depth of 2.0 and 3.4 m, the lakes contain a small volume of water, which quickly warms up almost to the entire depth.
Lake Martyn in length and area is one of the largest in Mari El. By the type of the lake basin, it belongs to the interdune ones. The length of the lake is 1536 m, the average width is 616 m, the area is 66.5 hectares. A picturesque and rather deaf lake!
lake Big Martyn
Salt Lake is located on the right bank of the Bolshaya Kokshagi River in a pine forest with a significant admixture of spruce and alder along the swampy northern bank. The mirror of the water surface has an area of \u200b\u200b4 hectares. The lake has an oval shape and is elongated from west to east, measuring 360 m by 190 m. Due to the significant average depth of the lake (5.8 m), the volume of the water mass reaches 252926 cubic meters. m.
Lake Salt took its name because of the high content of mineral salts in its water. The salinity of the lake is the highest among the surveyed - 4.24 g / l. The sulphate waters of the Lower Permian play the main role in the feeding of this lake, which determines the mineralization of the water mass.
Lake Kuzh-Er is located at the foot of the steep eastern slope of the Kerebeliak Upland and is part of the chain of karst-sinkhole lakes in this region. Kuzh-Er is connected by a narrow channel with the lake located to the north. Round. There is an underground river that feeds and connects all these lakes. The length of the lake is 1300 m with a width of 180-200 m. The high forested slope adjacent to the west is complicated by landslide terraces with a characteristic "drunken forest". Numerous, especially in spring, streams make their way on the slope of the ledge and, rushing to the lake from a height of 15-20 meters, form a kind of "micro-waterfalls". The basin of the lake is one depression with a depth of 26.5 m in the central part, but located closer to the high western shore. The water is clean, transparent, like most karst lakes.
Visiting these lakes is now strictly regulated as they are located in a protected area of \u200b\u200bthe national park.
Lake Olanga - typically rounded and has a diameter of up to 400 m. with a maximum depth of 30 m. The lake is located in the floodplain of the river. M. Kundysh, the depth of which is only 2 m. Therefore, the depth of occurrence of karst waters, which created this sinkhole and filled it, is many times greater than the depth of the M. Kundysh River. The lake is notable for the fact that it has several sandy beaches that are suitable for swimming and recreation of tourists. The water is clear and clean enough!
Lake Ori-erbeautiful lakes of Mari El 
Lake Aurier - interdune overdeep failure, located near Lake Shilma and is very similar to the latter. The dimensions of the lake are 100 by 200 m, with a maximum depth of 8 m. The lake area is 11 hectares.
The southern shore of the lake is very picturesque, there is a sandy beach and a normal entrance to the water where you can swim. Orier is easily accessible by a forest road from the station. Kundysh.
Lake Silver beautiful lakes of Mari El 
Lake Silver , located in the middle course of the river. Yushut at the village. The mochische has dimensions of 300 by 600 m at depths of up to 8 m. A very picturesque lake surrounded by mixed forest. There are beaches and convenient access to the water. The lake is easily accessible from the station. Suslonger. There is a tower near the lake, from which a delightful view of the lake basin and the surrounding forests opens!
Lake Starozhilskoe (Togashskoe) - a floodplain lake located in the bed of the Rutka River. Great fishing on the lake! Due to the flow, the fish do not get burned here even in the longest winters. The lake is home to waterfowl. There are convenient entrances and parking lots on the eastern bank, as well as a small house and the remains of a former village. From this place it is convenient to start rafting down the Rutka, just below the river there is a guest house, and even below the Mother of God-Sergius Monastery.
Cheldovi - a beautiful and little-known lake near the Sotnur highlands .
The lake is a semicircular karst sinkhole with a diameter of 130 meters.
Judging by the angle of inclination of the coastal cliff, you can give 30 meters depth. This is not a big exaggeration, in that area there are dips with a smaller diameter, but the same depth. Nice sandy beach and adequate parking. Pure water. Cheldovi - mysterious lakekeeping its secrets!
Lake B. Elan-Er has an oblong oval shape, 
800-900 meters long and 200-250 meters wide. The lake lies in a hollow, moreover, from the west the lake has a steep shore - it is bordered by Mount Elan-kuryk, overgrown with a tall forest, and from the east near the lake there is a spacious meadow with beautiful lindens, then fields and meadows. The view from the mountain is very picturesque!
When we were here in early autumn, we scared off a flock of quails in the field. The lake water is quite clear and clean - 4-5 meters. The depth of the lake is still unknown, they say that at the bottom of the lake there is a system of karst sinkholes and caves that lead far beyond the lake. There is a legend about a huge snake appearing in the lake - that's why this name came about!
Lake Shungaldan - floodplain lake by the Ilet River, on the slope of Maple Mountain. It has a high content of hydrogen sulphide in water, contains medicinal mud. It was from this lake that the study and development of therapeutic mud by naturalist Aleksandrov began in the 30s of the last century! You can use mud now! Natural monument.
Lake Dolgoe (Kuzh-er) - a picturesque forest lake on the Galician tract ... It is rarely visited by tourists, there are many mushroom and berry places around. There are legends that Pugachev's retreating troops hid many silver and gold things in the lake. Allegedly, the treasure manifests itself every year! There are two convenient parking areas for tourists on the lake. The entrance to the water is not very convenient, but you can swim and relax on the lake! There is a dugout nearby.
Lake Yogodem (Yagudem) - lies on the Pam river, at the confluence with Ilet. Near the village of Nursola. Nearby are the spacious Iletskie plyosy. You can also rest and swim on Ileta. The places are very picturesque, dry pine shores with an admixture of deciduous trees, there are meadows. It is convenient to enter from the Pomar side.
Lake Kuzier - a floodplain lake (oxbow) on the left bank of the Volga . 
Located in the Zvenigovsky District, west of the village of Torganovo. Previously, it was shallow, but after filling the Kuibyshev reservoir it became full-flowing and began to connect with the Volga by channels. Previously, the channels were only in the spring. These channels were deepened with canals so that the lakes would not dry out. The length of the lake is about 1100 - 1200 meters, and with channels more than 1.5 km. The width of the lake in the middle is 100-120 meters. The lake has good winter and summer fishing.
Lake Shalyer is located in the floodplain of the Irovka River (Morkinsky District of the RME).
The lake is a flowing floodplain lake, which is deepened by several karst sinkholes. The depth of the lake is not known exactly. The lake has an irregular shape, 900 m long, 600-700 m wide. The water in the lake is quite transparent, since the Irovka river constantly flows through this lake.
Lake Shalyer is located in the middle reaches of the Irovka, about 2.5 km. north of Lake Kanal, and 7-8 km. on the northeast from the village. Carrots. Because of the flow - there is a successful summer and winter fishing in the lake, the fish never stalls there. This is proved by the abundance of fishing grounds on all sides of the lake. From the shore it was also seen how flocks of roach were walking in shallow water. Great lake for recreation and fishing!
Bag Lake (16th) located in the Medvedevsky district.
Surokskoe forestry, 2 sq. A small, shallow round lake. There is a good check-in and a place for a tourist parking with east side... You can swim from the footbridge, but the bottom of the lake is silted up.
Approximately 2.5 km. downstream of the Ileta from the Yushut Mouth (if you move along the river - 3.5 km), an inconspicuous stream flows into the river from the right bank. The people call it the Warm Key. This stream flows into Ilet from a floodplain lake - Teplaya oxbow. The name "Tyoply Klyuch and Teplaya Oxen" were given to the lake and stream due to the fact that the water in them, especially in the cold season, was significantly higher than the air temperature, or the temperature of the water in similar bodies of water in this area! It is noteworthy that below the Yushut Mouth in the Ileta floodplain there is a whole system of oxbow lakes with deposits of mineral mud and mineral springs (for example, Mud lake, Blue oxbow, Mask-er, and Teplaya oxbow, indicated here). The Teply Key itself has approximately the same mineral composition (sulphate-calcium water) as the water in the Green Key, but with half the concentration, if the water in the Green Key has a concentration of 2.26 g per liter, then the Teply Key - 1 , 32 g per liter.
Lake Kunushturskoe 
The only lake on the territory of the Soviet district. A wonderful lake for swimming and relaxation, there is fish. Located in the basin of the Maly Kundysh River in a forest. The water surface area is about 53 hectares, the maximum depth is 12.5 meters, the transparency is 3.5 meters. The shores are sandy, overgrown with bushes. The lake is of karst origin. Streams do not flow into the lake, but there is a flowing stream, which after 1 km flows into the Maly Kundysh River.
Luchinsky lakes are located in the Morkinsky region,
in an ecologically clean and untouched part of the Mari Territory. The lakes lie north of the Ilet River - 5-6 km., Between Krasny Steklovar and the village of Kulbash. It is easy to get from Kazan to these places through Dubyazy and New Karamas. The lakes lie in picturesque pine-spruce and mixed forests. Three lakes are part of the Lucinskoe Lakes chain, very picturesque and distinguished by the fact that cold mineral springs gush from the bottom.
Perch, carp live in clear and transparent waters, wild duck nest in reeds, and along the banks you can find otter and mink. The water temperature in summer is 20-22? С.
The southernmost of the three lakes is best suited for parking, the two northern eastern shores are too steep, and the western ones are swampy.
Lake Shar-er (Sayver) 
is located on the border of the 50-51 block between the settlements of Suslonger and Shelanger. We can say that for the sake of this lake railway has an arc in this place, as if wishing to be as far away from him as possible. The shores of the lake are swampy and littered with fallen trees - especially the southwestern part. However, there are two beaches on the site of the former pioneer camp.
You can get to the lake on the road from Suslonger to Timofeevsky - it goes past Shar-er. If you plan to travel by car, it is better from the side of Timofeevsky - you don't have to worry about finding the beginning of the path through the forest. A beautiful lake for recreation, fishing and swimming. There is a Shaman's glade nearby - yoga, esotericism and other mediums are held there.
Around there is a picturesque pine and mixed forest.
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Located in the Zvenigovsky district. Krasnoyarsk forest area, 44 sq.
The surface area is 15.5 hectares. Maximum depth 5 m.
Medium-sized interdune lake of irregular oval shape. The depth of the lake is 1-5 m.
There is an access to the lake from the eastern side from the Markitan - Shupshalovo road.
Vizimyar lakes, Kilemar region of the RME 
LAKE Shap. Medvedevsky district. Chernushinskoe forestry, 84 sq.
A small round lake in a mixed pine-birch forest. The western half of the coastline is built up with dispensaries and rest homes. The eastern part is "wild" and low-lying, in places swampy. The lake can be bypassed along the trail. There are four large artificially created beaches (now there are five). There are beautiful pine forests in the vicinity of the lake.
Lake Shap is located 17 kilometers south of Yoshkar-Ola. You can get to the lake along the Yoshkar-Ola - Cheboksary highway. There are signs and asphalt everywhere.
The lake repeated the fate of the KARAS lake - it is all built up with sanatoriums and dachas. As the aboriginal guards told us, the passage to the lake is closed everywhere and there are no free beaches.
Lake Churkan - a miracle of nature, a very beautiful and comfortable lake for swimming and relaxation. 
It is located not far from Yoshkar-Ola, between the Bolshaya and Malaya Kokshagi rivers. The weekend is very popular with vacationers!
Nearby there are remote Mari lakes, which can be visited on foot.
There are many sandy beaches on the lake, there are enough parking lots, there is dead wood in the forest, but it is better to take a place to rest from Friday!
Lake Light
Lake Svetloye is one of the cleanest and most beautiful lakes in the Mari Territory. Its difficult accessibility and remoteness from asphalt allow it to remain a little visited by tourists and vacationers. It is located between the Bolshaya and Malaya Kokshagi rivers.
The lake has 2 large meadows with equipped parking and one smaller one.
If you want privacy, then you can get up in any meadow along the western shore of the lake (there are no car entrances to them). The only thing that needs to be done is to clear the area of \u200b\u200bdry fallen trees. The lake is very clean and transparent, the transparency of the water is comparable to such lakes as Nuzh-Yar and Karas-Yar.
lake Lisichkino 
Located in the Zvenigovsky district. Krasnoyarsk forest area 54 sq.
The area is 27.5 hectares (according to other sources, 23 hectares). Maximum depth 19 m.
An oval-shaped interdune lake, overburdened by a karst gap, stretched from north to south, with clear, transparent water.
lake Palenoe 
Lake Shelamum-er (Shalamumer) located between the Vetluga and Rutka rivers. 
It is somewhat elongated in the direction from the northwest to the southeast and occupies an interdune depression. Its length is 290 m, width is 200-210 m. The lake bath is asymmetric, the northwestern slope is gentle, and the southeastern one is steep. The greatest depth of the lake is 9.5 m - 70 m from the southeastern shore of the lake.
Lake Shid-yar is located on the left bank of the river. Vetlugi. In plan it is almost round, 340 m long, 280 m wide, small shallow bays complicate the lake's coastline. The lake bath is a hollow evenly deepening towards the center. The central part of the lake bottom with a depth of more than 24 m (maximum depth 25.5 m) is a fairly flat area up to 40 m in diameter.
Lake Vas'-yar is located among a moss bog in a pine-birch forest. A round lake with an area of \u200b\u200b23 hectares has a hollow with a maximum depth of 3.5 m, which is properly deepening towards the center. The water is transparent to a depth of 0.7 m and warms up to the bottom. With an average lake depth of 1.7 m, due to the large water surface area, the volume of the water mass reaches 409884 cubic meters. m.
Lake Iz-Yar with an area of \u200b\u200b4 hectares is located on the left bank of the Arda River, from the north a forest approaches the water, on the southern bank there is clear-cut and only the south-western bank is swampy. The lake bath of the lake, rounded in plan, is a gently sloping funnel evenly deepening towards the center and reaching a depth of 10.5 m. The water in the lake is yellowish and transparent to a depth of 1.5 m. The lake is overgrown with a rafting coming from the banks.
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Lake Bolshoy Kasyar is located in the interfluve of Bolshoy Kundysh and Arda in a moss pine forest. The lake is one of the large reservoirs of the studied territory, its surface area reaches 3 hectares. The rounded lake stretches somewhat from north to south. At the southwestern end of the lake there is a bay from where the Arda River flows out. The lake basin is very simple - it is a flat-bottomed bath with raised edges. The flat bottom of the lake has a depth of 3 m. From all sides there is a rafting on the lake, its width in some places is 25-40 m. The water in the lake is dark brown and slightly transparent (0.35 m). The water temperature is the same throughout the profile and reaches 15.5 ° C at an air temperature of 16 ° C.
Lake Maly Kasyar is located north of Lake Bolshoy Kasyar, into which it has a drain. This is a small lake with a water surface area of \u200b\u200b1 hectare, in plan it is somewhat elongated from north to south, its length is 150 m, and its width is 100 m. The shape of the basin is asymmetric, the southern slope is gentle, the northern one is steeper. The greatest depth is in the northern part (5.1 m). The lake is overgrown with raft from the banks. The lake water is red-brown and slightly transparent (0.23 m).
lake Sham-Yary 
Lake Kumyary is located between the Rutka and Bolshaya Kokshagi rivers..jpg)
Belongs to the Dubovsky forestry of the Kilemarsky district (located: 16-18, 28, 29 quarters).
These are three lakes of regional importance.
It is a hydrological natural monument. The total area is 721.4 hectares.
It lies not far from a forest dirt road connecting the villages of Yuxary and Kotenovo (not far from the village of Vizimyary on the Y-Ola - Kosmodemyansk highway).
Lake Luzh-yar (Luzhyar) 
In the right bank of the river. B. Kundysh is Lake Luzhyar. The lake is a typical forest body of water; on its flat swampy shores there is a pine forest with an admixture of spruce and birch, a very dense moss cover. The lake is oval in plan, stretching from the south-east to the north-west. The basin of the lake is a flat-bottomed bath with an average depth of 1.9 m (the maximum depth of the lake is 4.2 m). The area of \u200b\u200bthe water surface is about 3 sq. km. Due to its shallow depth, the non-karst lake Luzhyar freezes before the nearby inter-ditch (karst) lake Poshkolyar.
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Lake Sorochye is one of the last unspoiled by "civilized" tourists of the Mari-El lakes. For which, by the way, is dearly loved by animals, mushroom pickers and fishermen.
One of the names of the lake comes from the richness of fish: a roach or roach - "rank".
Zvenigovsky district. Chernoozersky forest area, 36, 46, 47 sq. Area 82 hectares. Depth up to 2-4m.
One of the largest lakes in the area of \u200b\u200bMari El, which has a wavy-rounded shape.
Lake Kogoyar is located on the left bank, in the territory of the two republics Chuvash and Mari-El, 17 km north-west of Cheboksary and 4 km north-west of the village. - North. The mud deposit of Lake Kogoyar was identified in 1980 by prospecting mud exploration as the most promising for mud therapy.
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Detailed exploration work with the calculation of the operational reserves of medicinal sapropels was carried out in 1981 by a detachment of mud collectors of the Geominvod management, as a result of which the quality of mud, sanitary condition and balneological value were assessed.
lake Svetloye, Shundy-yar, Chuvashia 
lake Big Yulux-er 
Lake of irregular shape, 700 m long, 150 m wide. There is no data on depth and transparency.
Along the edges it is overgrown with sedge and reed, in some places there are powerful rafts.
Approaches to the water are difficult. The lake is 3 km away. to the west of the Novocheboksary road.
The Volga is located 4.5 km. south of the lake. The lake is located 400 meters south of M.Yuluxer.
Lake Pos-Yar 
Lake Pos-Yar is located on the right bank of the river. B. Kundysh in a deciduous forest of alder, birch, aspen. A large rounded lake with an area of \u200b\u200b78 hectares has a flat-bottomed basin up to 3.7 m deep. The shores of the lake are occupied by a wet meadow. The yellowish water of the lake is transparent to a depth of 0.7 m and has the same temperature to the bottom.
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with an area of \u200b\u200b82 hectares located on the right bank of the river. B. Kundysh in a pine forest with a rare admixture of spruce and birch and a dense moss cover. The lake is rounded in plan and has swampy flat shores. The gradually deepening basin of the lake has a depth of up to 6 m for the most part and only to the north-west of the center of the lake it sharply deepens, forming a steep-wall funnel up to 25 m deep. The red-brown water of the lake is only 0.5 m transparent.
Lake Shirsh-Yar with an area of \u200b\u200b16 hectares is located in the upper reaches of the river. Arda. A pine-birch forest with a dense moss cover grows behind a narrow strip of rafting. The lake is almost oval in plan and stretches from the southwest to the northeast, the length of the lake (620 m) is more than twice its width (250 m). The lake bath has the shape of a gradually deepening basin with the greatest depth in the center of 7.8 m. The water in the lake is yellowish, transparent by 0.9 m.
Lake Gusinoe is located on the left bank of the Maly Kundysh River. On all sides, the water surface is surrounded by a raft growing from the banks. The raft has advanced onto the lake so that the depths of the raft are quite large.
Lake Tot-Er is located southwest of the lake. Shut-Er, has an average width of 100 m and a depth of 24 m. Apparently, this is a relatively young karst formation, since the surface of the lake is not overgrown. It is even possible that underwater springs with significant water hardness come out here. At a depth of 10 m, the water temperature in the lake is 6 ° C, and the transparency reaches 5 m. The northern slope of the lake is high and complicated by landslide terraces.
Lake Shilma
Lake Shilma is located in the left bank of the river valley. M. Kundysh in a wetland with sandy ridges, reminiscent of oaks. Their height is 3-4 m with a width of 3 to 5 m. The slopes of the ridges, up to 15 m long, have a steepness of 12-13 °. The tortuosity of the sandy ridges resembles a river flow. The dimensions of Lake Shilma are 200 x 300 m with a depth of 8 m.
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Lake Arbuch is located in the Gornomariysky region of Mari El.
The lake is oval in shape, stretched from north to south. The lake area is 14.7 hectares. The width is about 350 meters. The length is about 600 meters.
The depth of the lake increases evenly from the coast to the center. The maximum depth is 8.5 meters.
lake Adar-er 
Zvenigovsky district. Chernoozersky forest area. Located in the 12th block. The area is 12 hectares.
The lake is medium in size with swampy peaty shores. It has an oval shape. The water in the lake is muddy - yellow-coffee color.
The lake is notorious for the people who visit the forests. There are no convenient approaches to the lake. On the southwest side there is a decayed hut and a well, which were used by hunters and cranberry pickers in the past.
From the south of the lake there is an old forest road that goes around the picturesque "Barskiye bogs" and, winding through the bogs, leads to Lake Sorochy.
Lake Sharskoye (Shirskoye) is located in the Gornomariysky region, Sharskoye forestry, 42, 43, 50, 51. The surface area of \u200b\u200bthe lake is 65 hectares.
A large lake, from the northern part connected by overgrown channels with Lake Lisinoe.
To the east of these lakes there is a system of lakes - Vyshkar-Yar, Abazh-Yar, Glubokoe. Shary settlement is located in the southwestern part. In places the coastline is swampy.
Around the entire lake, you can walk along the coast along a good path. The forest around is mainly pine, there are also deciduous trees. The bottom is sandy, but in most places it is heavily silted. In the Shar area, the coast is clean, sandy, very convenient entrance to the water. Convenient parking is a bit north of the village Balls on the eastern shore of the lake. You can also get up on the western side of the lake, but there is a worse parking place. The water in the lake is light and transparent.
Lake Eriksha is located in the Yurinsky region.
Kromskoye forestry, 52-53-72-73 sq. Surface area 45 hectares.
A large, beautiful round-shaped lake with clear transparent water. At the edges it is overgrown with reeds and cattail. The bottom is sandy with a small layer of silt. Therefore, swimming in the lake is uncomfortable.
The lake can be walked along the shore. Surrounded by a pine forest.
From the western part of the lake there are hayfields and old foundations of buildings. There are a lot of raised bogs around the lake.
The name of the lake comes from two Mari words: er< ер - "озеро" + екша < икша < икса - "речка или проток, соединяющий два водоема". Можно перевести как "Озерный проток", "Озеро с протоком" и т.п. Действительно, из озера берет начало ручей, который через 4 км впадает в речку Икша. Место впадение ручья-притока в Икшу носит название Красный исток.
ogibnoe lake, Vetluga river 
Lake Ogibnoe lies in the floodplain of the Vetluga River (Yurinsky district Mariy El) about 40 km. From the village. Yurino. This lake is located near the Y-Ola-Yurino highway, next to the new bridge over Vetluga.
Lake Ogibnoye by its type belongs to the floodplain river lakes, and is a connected system of flowing oxbows of the Vetluga River. In ancient times, the old channel of the Vetluga passed here (from Dahl's dictionary: the old channel is the old channel).
This lake is considered one of the longest lakes in Mari El, the total length of the oxbows included in the lake is about 14 km, while the size of the lake is somewhat underestimated on the map. The fact is that during the construction of the Cheboksary hydroelectric power station, the lower part of the Vetluga was flooded, because of this, the size of the floodplain lakes increased sharply, while floodplain meadows and forests were flooded, as well as some villages on the left low bank of the Vetluga.
It should be noted that during the spring floods, the lake overflows and joins the Vetluga river bed, the lake's area increases sharply, fish from the river enter the oxbows to spawn and spawn. Therefore, this lake is very rich in fish, perch, crucian carp, pike, tench, ide, roach, etc. are found here.
Lake Svetloye, Yurinskoe
Yurinsky district is a land of clean lakes and springs. One of the lakes - Bright lake, the area of \u200b\u200bwhich is 9.2 ta, depth - 17 meters, foundation pit, with the purest transparent water and a lot of springs.
Back in the days of Sheremetev, sterlet was brought into the lake, it was found there for a long time.
The lake is located in the Doroguchinsky forestry 66 sq.
The lake area is 8 hectares. The lake is a natural monument.
There are several sandy beaches on the lake, the water is clean and transparent.
Lake Zhenskoe (Yurinsky district), which is located at the turn on the 13th kilometer from the village of Yurino if you go to the new bridge across Vetluga.
The reference point is a bridge over an unnamed stream, next to which there is an asphalt site, from which a dirt road leads to the lake. Literally after 500 meters, the first parking lot is found along the road. You can stand on the eastern shore of the lake, the shores are a little overgrown, but there are exits to the water.
The water is clean enough. Around pine forests with an admixture of birch and alder.
The surroundings of the lake are almost swampy. There is a legend that there used to be a monastery here, which fell into the ground.
Lake Bolshoye Plotovo is located in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
The largest lake within the regions adjacent to the Republic of Mari El, which has an oval shape with an irregular coastline, as well as the largest lake of 27 lakes in the Kamsko-Bakaldinsky bog massif.
It is also the largest natural lake in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
The length from north to south is over 2,200 meters, from west to east about 1,600 meters.
There are no approaches to the lake.
Lake Kultey Bolshoi is located in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
The lake is of medium size, stretched from west to east and has the shape of an irregular concave oval from the northern part. The eastern part of the coastline is surrounded by steep high banks, which smoothly turn into a swamp to the western end.
The bottom of the lake is covered with a thick layer of silt, but there are convenient approaches to the water. At the eastern end there is a high open area convenient for a tourist parking, from which a beautiful view of the lake opens. Below, under the shore, there is a spring "Kulteisky source", which was illuminated by the Raznezhskaya Blagovenskaya church for the 2000th anniversary of Christianity.
There is a small sandy entrance to the water near the spring.
To the south are the lakes Kultey Sredny and Kultey Maly, which are hidden in swamps and are difficult to access.
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The Volga Republic has been inhabited by ancient tribes since prehistoric times, which was facilitated by its location on the banks of the Volga, in a temperate continental climate. The indigenous population of the Cheremis (now the Mari) began to be mentioned in the annals from the 10th century, and already at that time they closely interacted with the Slavic tribes, despite a rather long time under the yoke of the Tatar yoke. Today, Mari El offers wide opportunities for tourism, both health and educational, during which you can see many local attractions.
Yoshkar-Ola History Museum
Opened about twenty years ago, the history museums of the capital of Mari El, the city of Yoshkar-Ola, is one of the largest historical museums in the republic and a local landmark. It contains about 17 thousand exhibits that tell visitors about the history of the indigenous people - Cheremis - inhabiting these territories since ancient times. This history is illustrated by numerous archaeological finds, as well as household items of the ancient Mari, their jewelry, clothes, weapons and objects of applied art. Here, visitors can see with their own eyes the reconstructed old trade store of Tsarevokokshaisk (as Yoshkar-Ola was called before the revolution), as well as a living room with old attributes and furnishings.
National Park "Mari Forest" ("Mari Chodra")
This park with total area almost one hundred thousand hectares was created in order to maximize the preservation and, if possible, increase natural resources Republic of Mari El. Here you can find tree species typical for these latitudes: pines, spruces, lindens, oaks, aspens, maples, elms and many others. Especially protected are the relict linden-oak forests, in which brown bears, elk, wild boars and other representatives of the fauna of the middle zone are still found. Horse and hiking trails run through the park.
Museum of Applied Arts
Opened in 1999, the Museum of Applied Arts of the Republic of Mari El in Yoshkar-Ola is dedicated to acquainting its visitors with the traditions of the indigenous Mari. Here you will find a variety of objects and fruits of the labor of local craftsmen: wicker cherry furniture, carved wooden dishes, skillfully made musical instruments and national everyday and festive costumes with rich embroidery. The sights regularly host exhibitions of works by contemporary masters from all over the republic.
Tsarevokokshay Kremlin
This complex of historical and educational purposes was opened in the center of Yoshkar-Ola several years ago, but has already become one of the central attractions of the Republic of Mari El. In ancient times, there were city fortifications on the site of the Kremlin, which have not survived, since they were built of wood. Then the city market was located here, and after the Revolution - the central square. Today it is a city park, enclosed by a massive wall with four towers; specially cast cannons are placed along the wall. On its territory there is a church, cozy benches for walking, as well as information stands scattered about the history of the city. There is also the Yoshkar-Ola Archaeological Museum and the only monument to its founder Fyodor Ioannovich.
Museum of Peasant Labor and Life
This landmark of the Republic of Mari El is often referred to in guidebooks as the Museum of Bells. This is due to the fact that a unique collection of bells and bells of various purposes, produced at different times in Russia, is exhibited here. In fact, there are just over a hundred of them, which is only a small part of the 2 thousand exhibits of the attraction. In addition to bells, a variety of tools are presented here, with the help of which, many centuries ago, the indigenous Mari cultivated the land, grazed cattle, built dwellings and created comfort in them. Here you can also find objects of local applied arts, exhibitions of contemporary works, as well as photographs of the past years.
Pugachev's oak
This ancient tree, native to the Mari Chodra Park, is one of the few plants listed as a national treasure and a local landmark. This powerful oak tree in Mari El, whose age, according to experts, has already exceeded four centuries, is famous for the fact that it was from its branches that the famous Emelyan Pugachev watched the fire in Kazan, which he himself staged in revenge for the city's unwillingness to surrender to his mercy ...
Sculpture "Tree of Life"
This bronze monument is installed in the central city park of the capital of Mari El Yoshkar-Ola and is a kind of landmark of the city. It depicts an old man, a man and a boy who, under the shade of a small tree, play traditional Mari musical instruments - a harp, a pipe and a drum. The attraction is intended to personify the connection between generations, as well as the historical and cultural heritage republics.
Posted Sat, 24/02/2018 - 09:17 by Cap
I would like to tell separately about the most beautiful places of the Mari Republic.
This article will present the most beautiful natural places of Mari El, and separately we have already shown the Sights of Mari El, which includes the historical, architectural and cultural monuments of the republic.
As a rule, natural monuments of the RME will be presented here, but beautiful places still awaiting their opening and registration.
Note that the most beautiful natural monuments of the RME are located on the banks of the Volga and other large rivers of the Mari El, as well as on the slopes and mountains of the Vyatka Val.
We also note many beautiful lakes of Mari El.
The second cleanest lake in Mari El is Lake Karasyar; it is also one of the picturesque and remote lakes.
Lake Karasyar is similar in many characteristics to Nuzhyar, which is explained by their close location. It is interspersed in origin, with a secondary karst sinkhole. The increase in depth from the southeastern coast is noticeably sharper. Already a few tens of meters from the coast, the depth is 6-9 meters. The northwestern part of the basin is more gentle. The maximum depth is 14.7 m. The lake area is 25.5 hectares. The transparency is high - 5.5 m. The bottom is sandy. The shores are low, but mostly dry. Waterlogging was noted only in the western and partly northern parts of the coastline.
Convenient access to the Yurdur mountain (Yurtur kuryk) through Shereganovo, in the area of \u200b\u200bwhich we were already in. We were not disappointed, from this mountain there were stunning views, and in almost all directions. Most best view opened towards the villages of Kurykyumal and Nylkudo, as well as into the valley of the Ilet river. In the distance the Kerebeliak Upland, the Sotnur Upland, etc. could be seen.
Opens were open spaces, which in beauty are not inferior to the landscapes of the Sea's Eye, on Stone Mountain and on Shungaltan !!! Due to the backlight and blue haze, it was not possible to take good pictures, or rather the pictures turned out, but they have about 20-25% of the impression that a person actually sees! WE SPEAK HONEST! AND CONFIRM THAT THIS VIEW MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE TOP-10 BEST MARIAN LANDSCAPES !!! 
I have never seen anything like this in Mari El!
On the right, running down the hill, piled up shaggy, almost fabulous spruce trees, and behind them were mountains overgrown with forests, stretching beyond the horizon ... 
It seemed as if I was transported from our Mari plains to the mountainous region! There was a cliff behind the wall of fir trees. Further - an abyss, below a shaggy forest. A little before reaching the edge of the cliff, I looked down - my head was spinning. Running into the abyss, huge fir trees stood like a wall, in some places at random, as if they had lost their balance. Primordial, virgin nature! At some point, it even seemed to me that there was no smell of a human spirit here.
There were people, of course. Soon, closer to the source, we saw about a dozen cars, some of which were a wedding cortege: lovers of exotic came here to celebrate the celebration.
Food lay on the laid tables under the hot summer sun, guests were honoring the newlyweds, and very close by there was a merry gazebo with a dome-roof topped with a spire. On the gazebo the inscription "Natural Monument Stone mountain". Nearby, above, is a small Orthodox chapel with an onion-shaped roof. Escaping from the underground captivity, an icy stream hits
