Chuvashia, officially the Chuvash Republic — Chuvashia, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is the homeland of the Chuvash people, a Turkic ethnic group. Its capital is the city of Cheboksary. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,251,619.
Cheboksary is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia, and a port on the Volga River.
Vurnarsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic and borders with Alikovsky and Krasnoarmeysky Districts in the north, Kanashsky District in the east, Ibresinsky District in the south, and with Shumerlinsky District in the west. The area of the district is 1,012.6 square kilometers (391.0 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality of Vurnary. Population: 35,850 (2010 Russian census); 41,417 (2002 Census); 44,864 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Vurnary accounts for 28.1% of the district's total population.
ChuvashTet, is the name Chuvash-speaking internet users commonly use for the segment of the web about Chuvash people or Chuvashia. It includes websites in various languages.
Pitishevskoye Rural Settlement is an administrative and municipal division of Alikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the central part of the district. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Pitishevo. Rural settlement's population: 1,095.
Chuvashsko-Sorminskoye Rural Settlement is an administrative and municipal division of Alikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the eastern part of the district. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Chuvashskaya Sorma. Rural settlement's population: 1,758.
Chuvash State Drama K. Ivanov's Theatre — is a theatre located in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Russia. The group combines traditional European and national styles.
Boris Markov was a Soviet, Chuvash actor and theater director, People's Artist of the RSFSR, People Artist of the Chuvash ASSR, the founder and first director of the Chuvash State Ballet&Opera Theatre.
Tany Youne was a Soviet actress and writer. She was one of the first Chuvash film actresses and an outstanding figure of the Chuvash national culture. She was a member of the Union of writers of the USSR (1957).
The House of Creativity "Staraya Ladoga" was an all-Russian centre for artistic creativity, which existed in the Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast from the mid-20th century up to the 1990s. It was located opposite the ancient village of Staraya Ladoga on the right bank of the Volkhov River.
Chuvash literature is literature written in the Chuvash language, regardless of the ethnic origin of the authors or the place of publication. This term applies to fictional works, but does not include folklore.
Gennady Nikandrovich Volkov was a Chuvash educator, writer and publicist. He was a professor, doctor of pedagogical sciences, and was an academic of the Russian Academy of Education. He founded ethnopedagogics.
Novye Lapsary is an urban locality under the administrative jurisdiction of Leninsky City District of the town of republican significance of Cheboksary, the Chuvash Republic, Russia. Population: 6,955 (2010 Russian census); 7,655 (2002 Census); 5,691 (1989 Soviet census).
Sosnovka is an urban locality under the administrative jurisdiction of Moskovsky City District of the town of republican significance of Cheboksary, the Republic of Chuvashia, Russia. Population: 2,242 (2010 Russian census); 3,053 (2002 Census); 4,876 (1989 Soviet census).
Vurnary is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Vurnarsky District, the Chuvash Republic, Russia. Population: 10,086 (2010 Russian census); 10,929 (2002 Census); 12,492 (1989 Soviet census).
Victor Nemtsev was a Chuvash painter and member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1967). He was born in the village of Votlany, Komsomol district, Chuvash ASSR, and died in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic.
Marina Karyagina is a Chuvash poet, novelist and playwright, TV journalist, documentary director, and editor.
Nikolai Zolotnitsky was a Russian Chuvash linguist and one of the founders of national Chuvash scientific linguistics. He was also a comparative Turkologist, ethnographer, teacher, and public figure.
Valerie Tourgay is a Chuvash poet, novelist, translator, and journalist.
