Yantikovsky District (; , ''Tăvay rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (

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), one of the twenty-one in 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 ...

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. It is located in the east of the republic and borders with the

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in the south and east, Kanashsky District in the west, and with Urmarsky District in the north. The area of the district is . Its

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is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of Yantikovo. Population: The population of Yantikovo accounts for 19.2% of the district's total population.

History

The district was formed on January 9, 1935.

Demographics

Over 90% of the district's population is Chuvash.

Notable people

* Vera Kuzmina (1923–2021), theatre actress, born in

Yanshikhovo-Norvashi Yanshikhovo-Norvashi (; , ''Yenĕş Nărvaş'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') in Yantikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. History Based on the archival documents, it is kno ...

* Ille Takhti (1889–1938), writer and folklorist, born in the village of Nüškassi

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