Textbook for high school age students. Describes the history of the republic from antiquity to the present day. The history of each people - big or small - is interesting, fascinating, instructive. It has its roots in the depths of centuries, in the life and affairs of many generations that have succeeded each other. The historical paths of peoples at different stages collided, touched, intertwined. These ties were diverse in nature - military and peaceful, economic and cultural. But under any circumstances, one thing was unchanged: no people could live and develop in isolation from others. This is the basis for understanding the historical process in relation to any people, including the Mari.