Mariinsky Posad

city Mariinsky Possad Мариинский Посад ( Russian ) Сӗнтӗрвӑрри ( Chuvash ) flag coat of arms Federal district Volga republic Chuvashia Rajon Mariinsky Posad First mention 1620 Earlier names Sundyr City since 1856 surface 9  km² population 9,088 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1010 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 80  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 83542 Post Code 429572, 429573 License Plate 21, 121 OKATO 97 229 501 Geographical location Coordinates 56 ° 7 '  N , 47 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 7 '0 "  N , 47 ° 43' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Chuvashia

List of cities in Russia

Mariinsky Possad ( Russian Мариинский Посад Mariinskij Posad ; Chuvash Сӗнтӗрвӑрри Sĕntĕrvărri ; until 1856 Сундырь Sundyr ) is a Russian city ​​in the Autonomous Republic of Chuvashia within the Volga Federal District . It is the administrative seat of the Mariinsky Posad Raion and has 9,088 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). The city is often called Marpossad (Марпосад) for short.

geography

The city is located on the right bank of the Kuibyshev reservoir at the mouth of the Sundyrka River , around 800 km east of Moscow and 28 km east of the republic capital Cheboksary . The nearest town is Novocheboksarsk , around 30 km west of Marpossad.

history

Spring in Mariinsky Posad

The village of Sundyr was first mentioned in 1620 and got its name after the river, now called Sundyrka , which flows into the Volga here . Its name is of pre-Chuvash origin and probably means "gorge in which water flows". In 1856, at the instigation of the local merchants, the settlement was renamed Mariinsky Posad by an ukase from Alexander II after Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna . At the same time, the place received city ​​rights .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	7,183
1959	8,805
1970	10,239
1979	10,025
1989	10,443
2002	10,273
2010	9,088

Note: census data

Economy, transport and attractions

In the city there are u. a. Building materials , mechanical engineering and food industries as well as a cable factory . Mariinsky Posad also has a river port on the Volga.

The sights of the small town include a. the Trinity Church (Троицкий собор, 1775; drastically changed in 1903) and the Church of Our Lady of Kazan (Казанская церковь, 1761; expanded in 1889).

Personalities

Sons and daughters

• Marija Vorobjowa-Stebelskaja (Marewna) (1892–1984), painter

Web links

Commons : Mariinsky Possad  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Rajonsverwaltung
• Mariinsky Possad on mojgorod.ru (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)