Mariinsky Posad

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 city, district center

Mariinsky Posad (Russian: Марии́нский Поса́д; Chuvash: Сĕнтĕрвăрри, Sĕntĕrvărri) is a town and the administrative center of Mariinsko-Posadsky District in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, 36 kilometers (22 mi) east of Cheboksary, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 9,088.
It was first mentioned in 1620 as the selo of Sundyr (Сундырь), named after the Sundyrka River (a tributary of the Volga). It was granted town status and renamed Mariinsky Posad after Empress consort Maria Alexandrovna in 1856.
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Coordinates:   56°6'15"N   47°42'59"E
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