What is "marshrutka"

n. (context transport English) A http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/share%20taxi in the CIS countries, the Baltic states, and Bulgaria. The role of the modern marshrutka is basically similar to the minibus in other countries except some implementations of marshrutka do allow standing capacity.

Marshrutka ( Russian: маршру́тка ), from marshrutn[oy]e taksi routed taxicab, is a form of public transportation such as a share taxi for the countries of CIS, the Baltic states, Bulgaria and Georgia. The role of the modern marshrutka is theoretically similar to the share taxi, that use minibuses in other countries.