NOVOCHEBOXARSK , a city (since 1965) in the Russian Federation, Chuvashia, a port on the Volga, 20 km from the Cheboksary railway station. Population 123.1 thousand people (2002). Production of building materials, cotton spinning factory. It appeared in 1960 as a satellite of Cheboksary. Near Novocheboksarsk there is the Cheboksary hydroelectric station.
The coat of arms of the city of Novocheboksarsk was adopted on February 24, 1993 and was used until 2005. It is an image of a golden bordered heraldic shield with red stylized ornamental Chuvash symbols. The coat of arms is surmounted by the “three suns” emblem. The symbolism in the center represents the chemical industry and electric power industry. The shield is bordered with azure color. |
KANASH (until 1920 Shikhrany), a city (since 1925) in the Russian Federation, Chuvashia. Railway junction. Population 55.3 thousand people (2002). Mechanical engineering and metalworking (factories: electric forklifts, auto aggregates, etc.); PA "Lakokraska", polymer materials plant; food industry. Museum of Local Lore.
Coat of arms of Kanash.
ALATYR , a city in the Russian Federation, Republic of Chuvashia, is located in the Middle Volga region, on the left bank of the river. Sura, at the confluence of the river. Alatyr, 195 km south of Cheboksary. Railroad station. Airport. District center. Population 46.2 thousand people (2001). Founded in 1552. City since 1780.
Coat of arms of the city of Alatyr. Approved December 22, 1780.
Main industrial enterprises: JSC "Electroavtomat", "Electropribor", electromechanical "Lisma", low-temperature refrigerators, mechanical, "Alba" (production of pianos), "Furniture factory". Enterprises of footwear, textile, food industries. Deposits of peat, clay, sand, etc. have been discovered in the area.
Founded by Ivan the Terrible as a fortified point to protect the borders of the Moscow state at the mouth of the river. Alatyr. Since 1780, the county town of Alatyr. The city has local history and art museums.
Alatyr. The building of the Chuvash University branch.
In the city and its immediate surroundings there are 15 cathedrals and churches, including St. John the Baptist (1703), Nativity of the Virgin Mary (1747). Active monasteries: Holy Trinity Monastery (founded in 1584) and Kiev-Nicholas Novodevichy Women's Monastery (founded in 1634). Stone mansions from the late 19th and early 20th centuries have also been preserved in Alatyr.
There is an arboretum in the city.
The childhood and youth of the sculptor S. D. Erzya (Nefedov), the shipbuilder A. N. Krylov (monuments were erected, memorial house-museums were opened), the gunsmith designer A. I. Sudaev and others passed in Alatyr.
SHUMERLYA , in Chuvashia, republican subordination, regional center, 110 km southwest of Cheboksary. Located on the slopes of the Volga Upland, the pier is on the right bank of the river. Sura. Railway station on the Moscow - Kazan line. Population 42.7 thousand people (1992; 15.2 thousand in 1926; 30.2 thousand in 1959; 36.2 thousand in 1979). It emerged in 1916 as a railway settlement. In the 1930s became the location of a number of industrial enterprises. City - since 1937. In modern Sh.: a caravan plant (built in 1931); factories - special vehicles (1928), chemical (1930); wood processing and food industry enterprises. Sh. is the center of an agricultural region. Museum of History and Local Lore.
The coat of arms of Shumerli was adopted on February 11, 1976. “In a scarlet shield, inside a silver gear, there is a green oak leaf with two green acorns. Below is a thin shortened wavy azure belt. In the silver head of the shield there is a scarlet national ornament and the name of the city in gold.” |
TSIVILSK , a regional center in Chuvashia, 37 km southeast of Cheboksary. Located on the Volga Upland, on the banks of the river. Bolshoy Tsivil (near the confluence with the Maly Tsivil river), 8 km from the railway station of the same name on the branch to Cheboksary from the Moscow - Kazan line. Road junction (to Cheboksary, Ulyanovsk, Kazan). Population 10.4 thousand people (1992; 2.3 thousand in 1897; 8.3 thousand in 1979). The first mention dates back to 1584, when, by order of Boris Godunov, a fortress inhabited by Russians was built here. In 1609 Ts. was burned by the Cheremis, in 1671 it was attacked by the detachments of S. T. Razin, and in 1774 it was taken by the detachments of E. I. Pugachev. In 1781 Ts. received the status of a district city of the Kazan governorship, and from 1796 - in the Kazan province. At the end of the 19th century. There were 4 stone churches in Tsentralny, and 17 small industrial enterprises operated. The inhabitants were mainly engaged in agriculture. Since 1920, Ts. was part of the Chuvash Autonomous Okrug, in 1925-90 - in the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. In modern Central Asia: food and light industry enterprises; brick and car repair factories. Museum of Local Lore.
Coat of arms of the city of Tsivilsk and Tsivilsky district, adopted on July 25, 2002. In a golden field at the green narrow end there is a scarlet (red) oak with acorns, green foliage and black ridges at the base. In the free part there are symbols of Chuvashia. The motto “Many Years” is written in gold letters on a green ribbon lined with gold. |
Republic of Chuvashia: general information
Chuvashia is one of the republics within the Russian Federation. It is located in the center of the European part of the country. The Volga River flows in the north of the republic. The distance from the “capital” of the region to the capital of Russia is 630 km.
The republic occupies a small (by Russian standards) area: about 18,000 square kilometers. The population of Chuvashia is 1.23 million people. The republic is quite well connected with other regions of Russia by road, rail, and water transport routes.
Most of Chuvashia is located between the Sura and Sviyaga rivers, within the forest and forest-steppe natural zones. The relief of the territory is flat, the climate is temperate continental. Among the mineral resources in the region, there are deposits of oil shale and phosphorites.
Chuvashia is a land with rich culture and traditions. It is often called "the land of a hundred thousand songs." Researchers focus on the uniqueness of local musical culture, which is expressed not only in a special style of singing, but also in a set of instruments.
Notes
When Mikhail Ivanovich entered, there were tears in his eyes, memories of the time when he wrote what he was now reading.
He took the letter from Mikhail Ivanovich’s hands, put it in his pocket, put away the papers and called Alpatych, who had been waiting for a long time. On a piece of paper he wrote down what was needed in Smolensk, and he, walking around the room past Alpatych, who was waiting at the door, began to give orders. - First, postal paper, do you hear, eight hundred, according to the sample; gold-edged... a sample, so that it will certainly be according to it; varnish, sealing wax - according to a note from Mikhail Ivanovich. He walked around the room and looked at the memo. “Then personally give the governor a letter about the recording. Then they needed bolts for the doors of the new building, certainly of the style that the prince himself had invented. Then a binding box had to be ordered for storing the will. Giving orders to Alpatych lasted more than two hours. The prince still did not let him go. He sat down, thought and, closing his eyes, dozed off. Alpatych stirred. - Well, go, go; If you need anything, I will send it. Alpatych left. The prince went back to the bureau, looked into it, touched his papers with his hand, locked it again and sat down at the table to write a letter to the governor. It was already late when he stood up, sealing the letter. He wanted to sleep, but he knew that he would not fall asleep and that his worst thoughts came to him in bed. He called Tikhon and went with him through the rooms to tell him where to make his bed for that night. He walked around, trying on every corner. Everywhere he felt bad, but the worst thing was the familiar sofa in the office. This sofa was scary to him, probably because of the heavy thoughts that he changed his mind while lying on it. Nowhere was good, but the best place of all was the corner in the sofa behind the piano: he had never slept here before. Tikhon brought the bed with the waiter and began to set it up. - Not like that, not like that! - the prince shouted and moved it a quarter away from the corner, and then again closer. “Well, I’ve finally done everything over, now I’ll rest,” the prince thought and allowed Tikhon to undress himself. Frowning in annoyance from the efforts that had to be made to take off his caftan and trousers, the prince undressed, sank heavily onto the bed and seemed to be lost in thought, looking contemptuously at his yellow, withered legs. He didn’t think, but he hesitated in front of the difficulty ahead of him to lift those legs and move on the bed. “Oh, how hard it is! Oh, if only this work would end quickly, quickly, and you would let me go! - he thought. He pursed his lips and made this effort for the twentieth time and lay down. But as soon as he lay down, suddenly the whole bed moved evenly under him back and forth, as if breathing heavily and pushing. This happened to him almost every night. He opened his eyes that had closed. - No peace, damned ones! - he growled with anger at someone. “Yes, yes, there was something else important, I saved something very important for myself in bed at night. Valves? No, that's what he said. No, there was something in the living room. Princess Marya was lying about something. Desalle—that fool—was saying something. There’s something in my pocket, I don’t remember.” - Quiet! What did they talk about at dinner? - About the prince, Mikhail... - Shut up, shut up. “The prince slammed his hand on the table. - Yes! I know, a letter from Prince Andrei. Princess Marya was reading. Desalles said something about Vitebsk. Now I'll read it. He ordered the letter to be taken out of his pocket and a table with lemonade and a vitushka - a wax candle - to be moved towards the bed and, putting on his glasses, he began to read. Here only in the silence of the night, in the faint light from under the green cap, did he read the letter for the first time and for a moment understand its meaning. “The French are in Vitebsk, after four crossings they can be at Smolensk; maybe they’re already there.” - Quiet! - Tikhon jumped up. - No, no, no, no! - he shouted. He hid the letter under the candlestick and closed his eyes. And he imagined the Danube, a bright afternoon, reeds, a Russian camp, and he enters, he, a young general, without one wrinkle on his face, cheerful, cheerful, ruddy, into Potemkin’s painted tent, and a burning feeling of envy for his favorite, just as strong, as then, worries him. And he remembers all the words that were said then at his first Meeting with Potemkin. And he imagines a short, fat woman with yellowness in her fat face - Mother Empress, her smiles, words when she greeted him for the first time, and he remembers her own face on the hearse and that clash with Zubov, which was then with her coffin for the right to approach her hand. “Oh, quickly, quickly return to that time, and so that everything now ends as quickly as possible, as quickly as possible, so that they leave me alone!” Bald Mountains, the estate of Prince Nikolai Andreich Bolkonsky, was located sixty versts from Smolensk, behind it, and three versts from the Moscow road.
Dynamics and population of the republic
Chuvashia is one of the most populated subjects of the Russian Federation. As of 2021, 1 million 237 thousand people live here. At the same time, the average population density of Chuvashia is one of the highest in Russia (almost 68 people/sq. km.).
However, the demographic situation in the republic has remained very difficult for twenty years. Since 1994, the population of Chuvashia has been gradually dying out. During this period of time, the region lost almost 100 thousand of its inhabitants! True, by 2021 the rate of population extinction has slowed, primarily due to an increase in the birth rate.
Another serious demographic problem in the region is the “aging” of the population. The fact is that young people are actively leaving the republic. Accordingly, the proportion of people of retirement age in the age structure of the population is increasing.
The level of urbanization in the region is relatively low - 61.3%. However, recently the urban population of the Republic of Chuvashia is increasing every year.
Age, sex composition of the population and migration
As mentioned above, in Chuvashia the proportion of pensioners is increasing every year. Accordingly, the proportion of minors is decreasing. If in 1989 it was almost 27%, then in 2002 it was only 19.9%.
If we talk about the gender structure of the population, women predominate in Chuvashia (53.7%). However, in recent years there has been a tendency towards equalizing the overall ratio of men and women.
The population of Chuvashia is declining not only due to natural demographic processes, but also due to active emigration. Over the past five years, the region has seen negative migration dynamics. On average, every year 2-5 thousand more people leave Chuvashia than enter the republic. The main centers of attraction for migrants from this region are Moscow, Ulyanovsk region, Tatarstan and the Moscow region.
see also
- Chuvashia
- Cities of Russia
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Ethnic composition of the population. Who are the Chuvash?
The national composition of the republic is dominated by the Chuvash (67.7%). Next come Russians (26.7%), Tatars (2.8%) and Mordovians (about 1%). Also on the territory of Chuvashia there are quite numerous diasporas of Ukrainians, Belarusians and Armenians.
Chuvash are the indigenous population of the republic. This is a Turkic ethnic group, the origin of which scientists associate with the Volga Bulgars. The total number of Chuvash in the world is estimated at one and a half million people. Half of them live within the Chuvash Republic. The remaining representatives of this ethnic group are scattered throughout the territory of Russia; they also live in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and some other countries.
The Chuvash speak their own language – Chuvash, which has three dialects. In 65% of schools in the region, children are taught in this language. Most of the Chuvash are Orthodox Christians. However, among them there are also adherents of traditional pagan beliefs.
According to ancient Chuvash myths, the Earth has the shape of a square. The firmament rests on four pillars (copper, stone, gold and silver). Each of the four corners of the Earth is reliably guarded by a hero-defender.
Modern territorial structure of the republic. Population of Chuvashia by region
The Republic of Chuvashia today is divided into 21 administrative districts. There are nine cities, eight urban settlements and 1,720 villages. The capital of the republic is the city of Cheboksary. According to the latest census, every third resident of Chuvashia lives there.
The regions of the republic vary in size. The largest in area is Alatyrsky, and the smallest is Krasnoarmeysky. The table below presents all regions of Chuvashia, indicating the population for each of them:
District name | Number of inhabitants (thousand people) |
Alatyrsky | 15,2 |
Alikovsky | 16,3 |
Batyrevsky | 35,1 |
Vurnarsky | 32,8 |
Ibresinsky | 23,9 |
Kanashsky | 36,3 |
Krasnoarmeisky | 14,6 |
Krasnochetaysky | 14,9 |
Kozlovsky | 19,7 |
Komsomol | 25,6 |
Marposadsky | 22,7 |
Morgaushsky | 33,5 |
Poretsky | 12,8 |
Urmarsky | 23,6 |
Tsivilsky | 36,2 |
Cheboksary | 62,5 |
Shumerlinsky | 9,4 |
Shemurshinsky | 12,8 |
Yadrinsky | 26,9 |
Yantikovsky | 15,2 |
Yalchiksky | 17,9 |
Cities and regions of the Chuvash Republic - Chuvashia.
Cities of the Republic of Chuvashia:
Alatyr, Kanash, Kozlovka, Mariinsky Posad, Novocheboksarsk, Tsivilsk, Shumerlya, Yadrin.
Urban districts of the Chuvash Republic - Chuvashia:
"City of Cheboksary"; "City of Alatyr"; "City of Kanash"; "City of Novocheboksarsk"; "Sumerlinsky".
Municipal districts - Administrative center:
Alatyr district - Alatyr city; Alikovsky district - village. Alikovo; Batyrevsky district - village. Batyrevo; Vurnarsky district - urban settlement. Vurnars; Ibresinsky district - town. Ibresi; Kanashsky district - Kanash city; Kozlovsky district - Kozlovka city; Komsomolsky district - village. Komsomolskoe; Krasnoarmeysky district - village. Krasnoarmeyskoe; Krasnochetaisky district - village. Red Chetai; Marposadsky district - Mariinsky Posad; Morgaushsky district - village. Morgaushi; Poretsky district - village. Poretskoe; Urmara district - Urmary village; Tsivilsky district - Tsivilsk city; Cheboksary district - Kugesi village; Shemurshinsky district - village. Shemursha; Shumerlinsky district - Shumerlya city; Yadrinsky district - Yadrin city; Yalchik district - village. Yalchiki; Yantikovsky district - village. Yantikovo
The Republic of Chuvashia is located on the right bank of the Volga River in the middle of its tributaries Suroy and Sviyaga. There are more than 750 large and small lakes on the territory of the Republic. In the northern part of Chuvashia there are mainly terrain with ravines, and in the southern part there is a plain with hills.
The Chuvash Republic is a federal subject. Its area is 18.3 thousand km2.
Climatic features
The temperate continental climate prevails on the territory of Chuvashia. During the year, according to average data, 400-600 mm of precipitation falls.
Residents of the republic
More than 1.3 million people live in Chuvashia, of which about 40% are rural residents.
The Chuvash Republic has 21 districts, nine cities, eight urban settlements and more than 1,700 villages, villages and hamlets. The capital of Chuvashia is Cheboksary, where about half a million people live. At the end of 2001, the city was rated as the most attractive large settlement in Russia.
History of the Chuvash people
As researchers say, the first people inhabited these lands 50-70 thousand years ago. In the 4th-3rd millennium BC. e. Finno-Ugrians, who are the ancestors of the present-day Mordovians and Maris, lived here. The Bulgarian and Sabir tribes, who became the ancestors of the Chuvash, lived in Siberia, and their forefathers were the Huns, steppe nomads who eventually abandoned nomadic life and took up arable farming and the production of tools. In the 10th century, Volga Bulgaria appeared on the territory of Chuvashia - a famous state in the early Middle Ages. In the 13th century it fell to the Golden Horde and became part of it. In 1438, after the collapse of the Golden Horde, Volga Bulgaria became part of the Kazan Khanate. At this time, the Chuvash had to hide in the forests from forced Islamization. In the mid-16th century, Chuvashia independently joined the Russian state. It is from this moment that the formation of the Chuvash people takes place. In 1920, the Chuvash Autonomous Republic was formed, and five years later the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was created. Since 1992, this territory received the name of the Chuvash Republic.
Industry and agriculture
There are 12 powerful industrial enterprises in the Republic that produce complex electrical mechanisms and apparatus, refrigeration chambers, soda, resin, high-quality plastic, as well as knitwear, furniture, reinforced concrete structures and much more. About 60 collective farms and more than 1,200 farms are registered in Chuvashia, producing grain and vegetable crops, potatoes, meat and dairy products and eggs. Many types of cattle, pigs of various breeds are raised here, there are many herds of sheep and herds of horses.
NOVOCHEBOXARSK
, a city (since 1965) in the Russian Federation, Chuvashia, a port on the Volga, 20 km from the Cheboksary railway station. Population 123.1 thousand people (2002). Production of building materials, cotton spinning factory. It appeared in 1960 as a satellite of Cheboksary. Near Novocheboksarsk there is the Cheboksary hydroelectric station.
KANASH
(until 1920 Shikhrany), city (since 1925) in the Russian Federation, Chuvashia. Railway junction. Population 55.3 thousand people (2002). Mechanical engineering and metalworking (factories: electric forklifts, auto aggregates, etc.); PA "Lakokraska", polymer materials plant; food industry. Museum of Local Lore.
ALATYR
, a city in the Russian Federation, the Republic of Chuvashia, is located in the Middle Volga region, on the left bank of the river. Sura, at the confluence of the river. Alatyr, 195 km south of Cheboksary. Railroad station. Airport. District center. Population 46.2 thousand people (2001). Founded in 1552. City since 1780.
Coat of arms of the city of Alatyr. Approved December 22, 1780.
Main industrial enterprises: JSC "Electroavtomat", "Electropribor", electromechanical "Lisma", low-temperature refrigerators, mechanical, "Alba" (production of pianos), "Furniture factory". Enterprises of footwear, textile, food industries. Deposits of peat, clay, sand, etc. have been discovered in the area.
Founded by Ivan the Terrible as a fortified point to protect the borders of the Moscow state at the mouth of the river. Alatyr. Since 1780, the county town of Alatyr. The city has local history and art museums.
Alatyr. The building of the Chuvash University branch.
In the city and its immediate surroundings there are 15 cathedrals and churches, including St. John the Baptist (1703), Nativity of the Virgin Mary (1747). Active monasteries: Holy Trinity Monastery (founded in 1584) and Kiev-Nicholas Novodevichy Women's Monastery (founded in 1634). Stone mansions from the late 19th and early 20th centuries have also been preserved in Alatyr.
There is an arboretum in the city.
The childhood and youth of the sculptor S. D. Erzya (Nefedov), the shipbuilder A. N. Krylov (monuments were erected, memorial house-museums were opened), the gunsmith designer A. I. Sudaev and others passed in Alatyr.
SHUMERLYA
, in Chuvashia, republican subordination, regional center, 110 km southwest of Cheboksary. Located on the slopes of the Volga Upland, the pier is on the right bank of the river. Sura. Railway station on the Moscow - Kazan line. Population 42.7 thousand people (1992; 15.2 thousand in 1926; 30.2 thousand in 1959; 36.2 thousand in 1979). It emerged in 1916 as a railway settlement. In the 1930s became the location of a number of industrial enterprises. City - since 1937. In modern Sh.: a caravan plant (built in 1931); factories - special vehicles (1928), chemical (1930); wood processing and food industry enterprises. Sh. is the center of an agricultural region. Museum of History and Local Lore.
TSIVILSK
, regional center in Chuvashia, 37 km southeast of Cheboksary. Located on the Volga Upland, on the banks of the river. Bolshoy Tsivil (near the confluence with the Maly Tsivil river), 8 km from the railway station of the same name on the branch to Cheboksary from the Moscow - Kazan line. Road junction (to Cheboksary, Ulyanovsk, Kazan). Population 10.4 thousand people (1992; 2.3 thousand in 1897; 8.3 thousand in 1979). The first mention dates back to 1584, when, by order of Boris Godunov, a fortress inhabited by Russians was built here. In 1609 Ts. was burned by the Cheremis, in 1671 it was attacked by the detachments of S. T. Razin, and in 1774 it was taken by the detachments of E. I. Pugachev. In 1781 Ts. received the status of a district city of the Kazan governorship, and from 1796 - in the Kazan province. At the end of the 19th century. There were 4 stone churches in Tsentralny, and 17 small industrial enterprises operated. The inhabitants were mainly engaged in agriculture. Since 1920, Ts. was part of the Chuvash Autonomous Okrug, in 1925-90 - in the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. In modern Central Asia: food and light industry enterprises; brick and car repair factories. Museum of Local Lore.
Cities of Chuvashia
The list of cities in Chuvashia includes nine settlements. Two of them are large cities. But the smallest is home to only 8.5 thousand people.
Cheboksary is considered the oldest city within the republic (first mentioned in written documents in 1469). In the 16th century, three more cities arose - Alatyr, Yadrin and Tsivilsk.
Below are all the cities of Chuvashia by population (from largest to smallest):
- Cheboksary.
- Novocheboksarsk.
- Kanash.
- Alatyr.
- Shumerlya.
- Tsivilsk.
- Kozlovka.
- Mariinsky Posad.
- Yadrin.
Yadrin
Yadrin
, a regional center in Chuvashia, 86 km southwest of Cheboksary. Located on the left bank of the river. Sura, 59 km from the Shumerlya railway station on the Moscow - Kazan line. Population 10.6 thousand people (1992; 7 thousand in 1979). Known since 1590. According to Chuvash legends, the city was named after the pagan Chuvash. In 1708 Yadrin was assigned to the Kazan province, and in 1781 received the status of a district town of the Kazan province. In modern Yadrin: enterprises of the metalworking, food and clothing industries; production of building materials. Near Yadrina, on the banks of the Sura, there is the Chuvash stud farm. The creator of the 17-volume Dictionary of the Chuvash Language, N. I. Ashmarin, and the artist N. D. Mordvinov were born in Yadrino.
NOVOCHEBOXARSK
, in Chuvashia, republican subordination. Located on the slopes of the Volga Upland, on the right bank of the Volga, 5 km below the city of Cheboksary (the nearest railway station to N.). River port. Airport. Population 120.2 thousand people (1992; 39 thousand in 1970; 86.5 thousand in 1979). It emerged in 1960 as a builders’ settlement during the construction of the Cheboksary hydroelectric power station. City - since 1965. In modern N.: production of building materials; light and food industry enterprises; a chemical plant is under construction (1992).
MARIINSKY POSAD
, regional center in Chuvashia, 48 km east of Cheboksary. Located on the right bank of the river. Volga, at the confluence of the river. Syndyrka. Pier (Kuibyshev Reservoir). The nearest railway station is Cheboksary. Population 10.7 thousand people (1992). Known since the beginning of the 17th century. like the village of Sundyr. At the request of residents of the village of Sundyr with adjacent villages in 1856 it was transformed into the city of M.P. Cheboksary district of the Kazan province. In modern MP: factories - cable products, car repair, machine-building, building materials, alcohol, creamery, etc. Museum of Local Lore.
KOZLOVKA
, regional center in Chuvashia, 95 km southeast of Cheboksary. Located on the right bank of the Volga (Kuibyshev Reservoir). It is connected by a road (9 km) to the Kazan-Moscow highway and the Tyurlema railway station on the Moscow-Kazan line. Population 13.1 thousand people (1992; 11.4 thousand in 1979). City - since 1967. Van plant, creamery.
The city of Cheboksary is the capital of the republic
Cheboksary is the largest city in Chuvashia. In addition to its capital status, it is also an important cultural, scientific and transport center of the region. In 2001, the city received the honorary title of “the most comfortable” in Russia.
Cheboksary is located on the Volga River. The transport gates of the city are the airport, railway station and river port.
The city arose in the middle of the 15th century. By the beginning of the 18th century, it turned into a major center of trade in the Volga region. Bread, furs, fish, honey and salt are actively traded here. Currently, more than a dozen large enterprises operate in Cheboksary. Industrial tractors, electronic devices and optical equipment, textiles, and confectionery products are produced here. Two local factories produce a wide range of alcoholic products.
Cheboksary is also known as a recreational center in the region. Thus, on the left bank of the Volga there is the Chuvashia sanatorium, which provides health services, as well as services for the treatment and diagnosis of various diseases.
Cheboksary is an important educational and cultural center of Chuvashia. There are five universities operating here, as well as a number of branches of non-resident higher educational institutions. The city has eight museums, five theaters and more than 30 public libraries. Several major festivals are held in Cheboksary every year.
Among the architectural monuments of the city, it is worth noting several beautiful ancient temple buildings and complexes. In particular, the Vvedensky Cathedral of 1651, the Holy Trinity Monastery, founded in the 17th century, the Assumption Church (1763). More than thirty monuments, sculptural compositions and monuments were installed in the city at different times. The most beautiful and famous of them are the Mother monument (which is considered the main tourist symbol of Cheboksary), the magnificent equestrian monument to Chapaev, the bust of the poet Nizami Ganjavi and others.
Urban settlements
Former towns with urban population
- Buinsk has been a town since 1938. Since December 2005, it has been counted as a rural settlement while maintaining the status of an urban-type settlement[3].
- Vurnary has been a town since 1938. Since December 2005, it has been counted as a rural settlement while maintaining the status of an urban-type settlement[3].
- Ibresi has been a town since 1938. Since December 2005, it has been counted as a rural settlement while maintaining the status of an urban-type settlement[3].
- Kirya has been a town since 1938. Converted to a rural settlement in 2004.
- Kozlovka has been a town since 1938. Incorporated into a city in 1967.
- Kugesi has been a town since 1985. Since December 2005, it has been counted as a rural settlement while maintaining the status of an urban-type settlement[3].
- New Lapsary has been a town since 1979. Since December 2005, it has been counted as a rural settlement while maintaining the status of an urban-type settlement[3].
- Sosnovka has been a town since 1971. Since December 2005, it has been counted as a rural settlement while maintaining the status of an urban-type settlement[3].
- Urmary has been a town since 1947. Since December 2005, it has been counted as a rural settlement while maintaining the status of an urban-type settlement[3].
- Chapaevsky has been a town since 1941. Included within the city limits of Cheboksary in 1959.
- Shumerlya has been a town since 1930. Incorporated into a city in 1937.
- Yuzhny - included within the city limits of Cheboksary in 1959.