Tsivilsk

Tsivilsk (Chuv. Śėrpü, Finn. Sivilla) is a Uralican city in Chuvashia county, along Highway UH-1 between Kanash and Cheboksary, and at the western terminus of Highway UH-26A.

Since it sits on a highway junction and is a major railway stopover, Tsivilsk relies largely on transportation industries. However, there is also a decent agriculture sector due to the chernozem soils of the area, a good-sized retail sector, and small food production and metallurgy sectors. Its growth in recent months can also be attributed to a growing number of people wanting to escape the crunch of Cheboksary, relative to which it sits 37 kilometres to the southeast.

Culture
The first mention of the settlement "Tsivilsk" was in 1589, when it was founded as a military fortress on the site of a Chuvash village named Śėrpü (which is the reason why this was taken as the Chuvash name of the city in 2009 when Chuvashia was annexed). The town was burnt to the ground a few times in its early history due to peasant revolts. However, there are still relics of the older times, as even some seventeenth-century buildings survive - for example, the Tikhvin Monastery.

Nowadays, the population is split roughly 50-50 between Russians and Chuvashes, and both groups' languages, as well as Finnish, English, and Eastern Mari, are very prominently spoken.

Neighbourhoods and Suburbs

 * Ryndino
 * Chuvashogorod