Mariinsky Posad

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Coat of arms of Mariinsky Posad

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Mariinsky Posad (Chuvash: Сĕнтĕрвăрри, Russian: Марии́нский Поса́д) is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River some 36 km east of Cheboksary. Population: 10,200 (2005 est.); 10,273 (2002 Census).

Mariinsky Posad grew into a town on the spot of a village named Sundyr (Сундырь), which had been founded in 1620, after the Sundyrka River (a Volga tributary). It was renamed Mariinsky Posad after Empress consort Maria Alexandrovna in 1856 and granted town status that same year.

The area around the city has rich wildlife. There are several national parks and reservations nearby. The area is a popular ecological tourism destination.

There are eleven processing, mechanical engineering, and construction materials factories in the town. Some of the other industries of employment in the city are a plant of cable works, a large automobile-repairing industry, a distillery, and a cooking oil-producing plant.