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Arkady Malov
Arkady Vasilyevich Malov ( Chuvash and russian: Аркадий Васильевич Малов; 28 April 1928 in Bolshiye Toktashi village, Alikovsky District, Chuvash Republic – 25 April 1995 in Cheboksary) was a Chuvash poet and translator. Biography Arkady Malov was born on 28 April 1928 in Bolshiye Toktashi village, Alikovsky District of the Chuvashia. Arkady Malov studied in Hodar middle school in the Shumerlinsky District, and in pedagogic department of the Chuvash State University I. N. Ulianov Chuvash State University is a public university located in Cheboksary, the capital of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. The university is one of the leading institutions of higher learning in Russia and is the scientific, educational and .... Malov worked as an editor of Chuvash State book publishing house, as secretary of Chuvash magazine «Ялав» (''Flag''), and as chief-editor of the Chuvash literature magazine «Тӑван Атӑл» (''Native Atal''). Poet died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuvash Language
Chuvash ( , ; , , ) is a Turkic language spoken in European Russia, primarily in the Chuvash Republic and adjacent areas. It is the only surviving member of the Oghur branch of Turkic languages, one of the two principal branches of the Turkic family. The writing system for the Chuvash language is based on the Cyrillic script, employing all of the letters used in the Russian alphabet and adding four letters of its own: Ӑ, Ӗ, Ҫ and Ӳ. Usage Chuvash is the native language of the Chuvash people and an official language of Chuvashia. It is spoken by 1,640,000 persons in Russia and another 34,000 in other countries. 86% of ethnic Chuvash and 8% of the people of other ethnicities living in Chuvashia claimed knowledge of Chuvash language during the 2002 census. Despite that and although Chuvash is taught at schools and sometimes used in the media, it is considered endangered, because Russian dominates in most spheres of life and few children learning the language ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolshiye Toktashi
Bolshiye Toktashi (russian: Большие Токташи; cv, Мăн Тукташ, ''Măn Tuktaş'') is a rural locality (a village) in Alikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located southwest of the district's administrative center of Alikovo. The majority of the village population is Chuvash. Village facilities include a club, a library, a first-aid post, a shop, and Ilya Toktash Literature Museum. The Khirlep River flows in the vicinity of the village. The climate in the village is moderately continental, with long cold winters and warm summers. Average January temperature is ; average July temperature—. The absolute minimum recorded in the village is , and the absolute maximum—. Annual precipitation is up to . Etymology The Chuvash word "man" means "big", while "Toktash" is a proper name. Notable natives * Anatoly Serep, Chuvash writer *Arkady Malov, Chuvash writer, translator * Ille Toktash, Chuvash writer, poet, translator, folklorist *Gerasim P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alikovsky District
Alikovsky District (russian: А́ликовский райо́н; cv, Элӗк районӗ, ''Elĕk rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the northwestern central part of the republic and borders with Morgaushsky and Yadrinsky Districts in the north, Krasnoarmeysky District in the east, Vurnarsky and Shumerlinsky Districts in the south, and with Krasnochetaysky District in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of Alikovo. Population: The population of Alikovo accounts for 14.5% of the district's total population. History The district was formed on October 1, 1927. Economy There is a construction plant in Alikovo. Transportation The Cheboksary–Yadrin and the Cheboksary–Krasnye Chetay autoroute cross the territory of the district. Demographics As of the 2010 Census, 97.55% of the raion's popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuvash Republic
Chuvashia (russian: Чувашия; cv, Чӑваш Ен), officially the Chuvash Republic — Chuvasia,; cv, Чӑваш Республики — Чӑваш Ен 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. Geography The Chuvash Republic is located in the center of European Russia, in the heart of the Volga-Vyatka economic region, mostly to the west of the Volga River, in the Volga Upland. It borders with the Mari El Republic in the north, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in the west, the Republic of Mordovia in the southwest, Ulyanovsk Oblast in the south, and the Republic of Tatarstan in the east and southeast. There are over two thousand rivers in the republic—with the major ones being the Volga, the Sura, and the Tsivil—as well as four hundred lakes. Some of the Volga River valley reservoirs are in the north of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheboksary
Cheboksary (; russian: Чебокса́ры, r=Cheboksáry, p=tɕɪbɐˈksarɨ; cv, Шупашкар, ''Şupaşkar'') is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia and 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 of Novocheboksarsk is located about east of Cheboksary. History Cheboksary was first mentioned in written sources in 1469, but according to archaeological excavations, the area had been populated much earlier. The site hosted a Bulgarian city of Veda Suvar, which appeared after Mongols defeated major Volga Bulgarian cities in the 13th century. During Khanate period the town is believed by some to have had a Turkic (probably, Tatar) name Çabaqsar and that the current Russian and English names originate from it. However, in maps by European travelers it was marked as Cibocar (Pizzigano, 1367), Veda-Suar (Fra Mauro, 1459). Shupashk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuvash People
The Chuvash people ( , ; cv, чӑваш ; russian: чуваши ) are a Turkic ethnic group, a branch of Oghurs, native to an area stretching from the Volga-Ural region to Siberia. Most of them live in Chuvashia and the surrounding areas, although Chuvash communities may be found throughout the Russian Federation. They speak Chuvash, a unique Turkic language that diverged from other languages in the family more than a millennium ago. Etymology There is no universally accepted etymology of the word ''Chuvash'', but there are three main theories. The popular theory accepted by Chuvash people suggests that ''Chuvash'' is a Shaz-Turkic adaptation of Lir-Turkic ''Suvar'' ( Sabir people), an ethnonym of people that are widely considered to be the ancestors of modern Chuvash people. Compare Lir-Turkic Chuvash: ''huran'' to Shaz-Turkic Tatar: ''qazan'' (‘cauldron’). One theory suggests that the word ''Chuvash'' may be derived from Common Turkic ''jăvaš'' ('friendly', 'p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuvashia
Chuvashia (russian: Чувашия; cv, Чӑваш Ен), officially the Chuvash Republic — Chuvasia,; cv, Чӑваш Республики — Чӑваш Ен 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. Geography The Chuvash Republic is located in the center of European Russia, in the heart of the Volga-Vyatka economic region, mostly to the west of the Volga River, in the Volga Upland. It borders with the Mari El Republic in the north, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in the west, the Republic of Mordovia in the southwest, Ulyanovsk Oblast in the south, and the Republic of Tatarstan in the east and southeast. There are over two thousand rivers in the republic—with the major ones being the Volga, the Sura, and the Tsivil—as well as four hundred lakes. Some of the Volga River valley reservoirs are in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shumerlinsky District
Shumerlinsky District (russian: Шу́мерлинский райо́н; cv, Çĕмĕрле районӗ, ''Śĕmĕrle rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Alikovsky and Krasnochetaysky Districts in the north, Vurnarsky District in the east, Ibresinsky and Poretsky Districts in the south, and with Nizhny Novgorod Oblast on the Sura River in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Shumerlya (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 13,298 ( 2002 Census); History The district was formed on January 9, 1935. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shumerlinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the republic. The town of Shumerlya serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separatel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuvash State University
I. N. Ulianov Chuvash State University is a public university located in Cheboksary, the capital of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. The university is one of the leading institutions of higher learning in Russia and is the scientific, educational and cultural center of the Privolsky Federal Region of the Russian Federation, which is highly regarded among national universities. Chuvash State University has over 10,000 students and 3,865 faculty, including 150 Professors (Dr. Habil.) and 600 Docents (Ph.D.). The rector is Andrey Aleksandrov. History In 1920 the revolutionary committee and the first congress of Councils of the Chuvash Autonomous district decided to create a university Cheboksary. The question about the creation of the Chuvash State University was raised again in 1958–1959, but even then it could not be done because of many problems connected with the absence of the material base and lack of scientific staff in the republic. The university was formed on 17 August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuvash Writers
Chuvash may refer to: *Chuvash people *Chuvash language *Chuvashia (Chuvash Republic), within Russia ** Chuvash Autonomous Oblast (1920–1925), within the Soviet Union ** Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1925–1992), within the Soviet Union *Çuvaş, an Azerbaijani village See also * Chumash (other) Chumash may refer to: *Chumash (Judaism), a Hebrew word for the Pentateuch, used in Judaism *Chumash people, a Native American people of southern California *Chumashan languages, indigenous languages of California See also * Chumash traditional ... {{Disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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