The Chuvash Republic is situated in the mid-Volga region.
An agreement was signed between the Chuvash and the Russian governments about the rebuilding of the Chuvash economy, the development of the regional agriculture and destruction of chemical weapons on Chuvash territory.
Chuvash, together with Mari, Udmurt and Tatarstan publicly declared their opposition to the Chechen war and called on their citizens to refuse to serve in the conflict.
Chuvash is a Turkic language with about 2 million speakers in Russia.
It is the official language of the Chuvash Republic, Чăваш Республики, which is also known as the Chuvashia, Чува́шия;, and is also spoken in Tatarstan and Bashkortostan.
In Chuvash tuka tu- or tuxat- denotes "to cast a spell or charm," and thus the tuxatmăš is the person who casts the spell; the prayer of the Muslim muezzin came to be identified with the sorcerer's incantation.
Another belief is that the Chuvash are remainders of pre-[[Bolgar](Hunnic) population of VolgaBulgaria, partly merged with Scythians, Bolgars and Mari.
Chuvashs are the third largest ethnic group in the city of Kazan (1.2%).
