The Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was an

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of the

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within the

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. It occupied about along the east bank of the

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, about west of the river's

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with the

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Russian St ...

and some east of Moscow. The successor of the Chuvash Autonomous Oblast, the Chuvash ASSR was formed in 1925. It declared its sovereignty within the Soviet Union in 1990 as the

Chuvash Republic Chuvashia, officially known as Chuvash Republic — Chuvashia, is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is the homeland of the Chuvash people, a Turkic languages, Turkic ethnic group. Its capital city, capital i ...

(still within Russia). Its primary economic activities were agricultural.

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and fruit production and logging are emphasized. The capital city was

Cheboksary Cheboksary is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia. It is a port on the Volga River. Geography The city is located in the Volga Upland region and stands on the shore of the Cheboksary Reservoir. Its area is .Resolution #2083 The satellite city ...

Notable people

* Eduard Mochalov (born 1974), journalist and former businessman

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Notable people

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