Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Чӑваш АССР (Chuvash)
Чувашская АССР (Russian)
ASSR of the Russian SFSR
1925–1992

Map of the Chuvash Republic in Russia today, the same territory as the Chuvash ASSR
CapitalCheboksary
 • TypeSoviet republic
History 
• Established
1925
• Disestablished
1992
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Chuvash AO
Chuvashia
Today part ofRussia
Flag used 1927–31
Stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Chuvash AO/ASSR

The Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic[a] was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union.

It occupied about 18,000 square kilometres (6,900 square miles) along the east bank of the Volga River, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) west of the river's confluence with the Kama River and some 700 kilometres (430 miles) east of Moscow.[citation needed]

The successor of the Chuvash Autonomous Oblast, the Chuvash ASSR was formed in 1925.[1] It declared its sovereignty within the Soviet Union in 1990 as the Chuvash Republic (still within Russia).[citation needed]

Its primary economic activities were agricultural.[1] Grain and fruit production and logging are emphasized.[citation needed] The capital city was Cheboksary.[1]

Notable people

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Notes

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  1. ^ Chuvash: Чӑваш Автономлӑ Совет Социаллӑ Республики, romanized: Çăvaş Avtonomlă Sovet Sotsiallă Respubliki; Russian: Чувашская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика, romanizedChuvashskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gawdiak, Ihor Y. (1991). "Chuvash". In Zickel, Raymond E. (ed.). Soviet Union: a country study (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. p. 181. ISBN 0-16-036380-2. OCLC 22911443.

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