Chuvash

The Chuvash ( ,( ??????, Tatar: ?ua?lar???????) are the people of Chuvashia.

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The population was 1,843,300 in the Soviet Union, according to the census of 1989; 907,000 of these lived in Chuvashia. The remainder live in Tatarstan's Aqsubay, Bua, Nurlat, T?te?, ?irme??n, ?pr?le rayons, Bashkortostan, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Tyumen, Kemerovo, Orenburg, Moscow oblasts of Russia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.

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They are divided into three groups: Hill Chuvashs (??????, ????; viryal, turi) in northern and northeastern Chuvashia; Meadow Chuvashs (???? ????; anat yen?i) in central and southwestern Chuvashia; and Downer Chuvashs (??????; anatri) in southern Chuvashia and outside of Chuvashia).

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They speak the Chuvash language and are Orthodox Christians, with some traditions of pre-Christianity. Knowledge of the Russian and Tatar languages is also high.

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Some scholars believe a part of the Chuvash people converted to Islam in Middle Ages and merged with the Tatars.

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They originate from the Volga Bolgars' Suars or Sabir tribe, mixed with local Mari tribes. In the 15th-16th centuries their lands were incorporated into the Khanate of Kazan, and then in 1550 annexed by Russia. From 1708 to 1920, the Chuvash lands were part of the Kazan governorate.

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Another meaning is that Chuvash are remainders of pre-Bolgar Turkic (Hunnic) population of Volga Bulgaria, partly merged with Scythians, Bolgars and Mari.

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Chuvashs are the third nation in the city of Kazan (1.2%).

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Tatar: redirect Tatars...

Chuvashia: Chuvashia (Chuvash: ????? ??????????; ) is a regional subdivision of Russia and the homeland of Bulgar Turkic Chuvash people. Chuvashia is located in central Russia, and was officially established in June 1920....

Soviet Union: The Soviet Union, also called The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (?????????? ?????; tr.: Sovetsky Soyuz or (????) ; tr.: Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik ), was an officially socialist state founded in 1922, centered on Russia, and dissolved in 1991. From 1945 until its d...