Mariinsky Posad is a town and the administrative center of Mariinsko-Posadsky District

Mariinsko-Posadsky District

Mariinsko-Posadsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. Its administrative center is the town of Mariinsky Posad. District's population: 26,959 ; Population of Mariinsky Posad accounts for 38.0% of the district's population....

 of the Chuvash Republic, Russia

Russia

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, located on the right bank of the Volga River

Volga River

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, 36 kilometres (22.4 mi) east of Cheboksary

Cheboksary

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. Population:

It started as the village of Sundyr , which was founded in 1620 and named after the Sundyrka River (a Volga tributary). It was renamed Mariinsky Posad after Empress consort

Queen consort

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 Maria Alexandrovna

Maria Alexandrovna

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 in 1856 and granted town status that same year.

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

There are eleven processing

Industrial process

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, mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering

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, and construction

Construction

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 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.