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	Chuvash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		People say that it is one of the last strains of the Bulgaric language.
		The Chuvash are a mixture of the local tribes in the Russia area and the Bulgars.
		The Chuvash people were protected from the Tatars by the Russians, and by the 1600 the Chuvash people moved back into the southern Chuvashia region.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/oldworld/europe/chuvash.html (575 words)

	Chuvash people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Chuvash (Chuvashian: чӑвашсем, Russian: чуваши, Tatar: Çuaşlar\Чуашлар) are a Turkic people usually associated with Chuvashia.
		Another belief is that the Chuvash are remainders of pre-Bolgar Turkic (Hunnic) population of Volga Bulgaria, partly merged with Scythians, Bolgars and Mari.
		Chuvashs are the third largest ethnic group in the city of Kazan (1.2%).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chuvash (281 words)

	Chuvash people Summary
		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 Volga Bulgaria, partly merged with Scythians, Bolgars and Mari.
		Chuvashs are the third largest ethnic group in the city of Kazan (1.2%).
	www.bookrags.com /Chuvash_people (2004 words)

	UNPO
		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.
		Its goal is the revival of the Chuvash culture and the maintenance of the national identity of the Chuvash people.
	www.unpo.org /member_profile.php?id=17 (759 words)

	Chuvash History
		The people on the right side of Idyll emigrated from the region of Ulyanovs (Simbir) and the southern and southeastern regions of today's Chuvashistan and settled in the southern regions of today's Tataristan and in the lowest sections and the northeastern parts of Sive River.
		This was the second state in which the Chuvash people attained their national identity.When they lived under the dominion of Kazan Khanate, the Chuvash people struggled continuously against the religious oppression and they appealed for the help of the Russian soldiers when they rebelled in 1546.
		Chuvash people who were united with the Russian Tsardom faced the policies of forced adoption of Christianity and Russian identity.
	www.ozturkler.com /data_english/0007/0007_15_07_2.htm (1225 words)

	AllRefer.com - Chuvash Republic (CIS And Baltic Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Chuvash make up some 70% of the population and Russians (who are mostly urban) around 25%; there are Mordovian, Tatar, and Ukrainian minorities.
		The Chuvash, descendants of the medieval Bulgars, represent a mixture of Finnish and Mongolian peoples.
		The Chuvash Autonomous Region was established in 1920; it became an autonomous republic in 1925.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/ChuvashR.html (340 words)

	Chuvashia - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Chuvash Republic (Russian: Чува́шская Респу́блика; Chuvash: Чăваш Республики), or Chuvashia (Russian: Чува́шия) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic) and the homeland of Bulgar Turkic Chuvash people.
		The Chuvash ancestors were tribes of ancient Bulgars and Suars that resided in the Northern Caucasus in the 5th to the 8th centuries.
		The Chuvash nationality was formed from the part of the Bulgar population that did not adopt Islam in the 10th century.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Chuvashia (1467 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		As far back as the period of khan Baty’s ruling, Chuvashes were in active contact with the Russian prisoners of war, who were placed in Chuvash villages to cultivate the khan’s lands.
		In 1551 "the mountain people" (as Chuvashes were called in the Rus) voluntarily joined the Russian state, striving to preserve their own nation, and to rescue it from devastating feudal wars, having stipulated the conditions of joining in the letters to Ivan IV.
		The written national Chuvash language was established in the 19th century on the basis of the Russian alphabet by the great enlightener Ivan Yakovlev.
	www.chuvashia.com /cap/main.asp?prev=103&pos=11 (696 words)

	Russia - The Republic of Chuvashia - RussiaTrek.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Chuvash Republic, capital Shupashkar (in Russian Chebokshary) is located in the middle flow of Volga river, in the center of European part of Russian Federation.
		The ancestors of Chuvashs were seminomadic tribes of ancient Bulgars and Suvars who lived in steppes of the North Caucasus in the 5th- 8th centuries.
		The formation of the Chuvash into a single nation was going on the base of the rural Bulgarian population who did not adopt Islam and it was completed on the boundary of the 15th - 16th centuries.
	www.russiatrek.com /rp_chuvash.shtml (797 words)

	The Chuvash Rebublic
		Its goal is the revival of the Chuvash culture and the maintenance of the national identity of the Chuvash people.
		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.
	russia.rin.ru /guides_e/4100.html (289 words)

	Overview report on the Chuvash Republic
		The Chuvash Republic is located, mainly, in the basin of the Volga and Sura rivers, and it spans for almost 120 miles from north to south, and for 100 miles from west to east.
		Chuvash companies produce the following construction materials: reinforced concrete and prefabricated panels, wall ceramic, facing tile and tile boards, lime carbonate, waterproof roofing materials, linoleum, etc. A particular feature of the Chuvash construction sector is outsourcing of building brigades and teams of construction workers to the regions of Central Russia, Upper and Middle Volga.
		Chuvash potato has become a known and demanded brand in the markets of Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, European North of Russia, and other regions due to its good quality, ensured by modern technologies, machinery and efficiency of work of Chuvash potato-growing and storage companies.
	www.bisnis.doc.gov /bisnis/bisdoc/0312ChuvashiaOverview.htm (2947 words)

	CONSTITUTION OF CHUVASH REPUBLIC
		The status of Chuvash Republic in the structure of the Russian Federation shall be determined by the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the Constitution of Chuvash Republic.
		In case when the President of Chuvash Republic ceases to exercise his/ her powers before the end of his/ her term of office, the elections of the President of Chuvash Republic shall be held in terms established by the federal acts and the laws of Chuvash Republic.
		The chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Chuvash Republic shall be appointed by the President of Chuvash Republic with the consent of the National Council of Chuvash Republic.
	gov.cap.ru /hierarhy_cap.asp?page=./6174 (8927 words)

	Origin of Chuvash People and Chuvash Name
		Due to the fact that Chuvash people did not have their own alphabet until the 18th century, there is not any information about the exact time in which they called themselves with the name of "Chuvash".
		The fights of Ceremish people with Chuvash people that occurred on the banks of Idyll in the year of 1524 is explained in the Russian historical books.
		It is obvious that the Chuvash people who lived in these regions were assimilated or forced to emigrate from this region.
	www.ozturkler.com /data_english/0007/0007_15_06.htm (982 words)

	Janzteam Easteurope and Russia
		A Turkic people who have been largely isolated from other peoples of similar origin, the Chuvash have a unique sense of identity among the people of the Soviet Union.
		The Chuvash language is a literary language developed in the 1870's using the Cyrillic script.
		In the middle of the eighteenth century the Chuvash were converted from pagan beliefs and became a part of the Russian Orthodox Church.
	www.janzteam.com /OSTEUROPE/en/cr3.htm (351 words)

	RussiaToday.Info
		The 1989 census put their number in the territory of the USSR at 1,773,600, of whom 50.8% are found outside of the Chuvash Republic: in Tataria (7.3% of the overall number of the Chuvash), Bashkiria (6.4%), Samara Region (6.4%), Ulyanovsk Region (6.3%), and other regions and republics.
		The Chuvash religious conceptions and calendar cycle were based on an agrarian cult combining closely the cults of earth, water and vegetation with ancestor worship.
		The conversion of the Chuvash to Christianity, which was mostly completed by the end of the 19th century, had a noticeable effect on their festivals and rites.
	russiatoday.strana.ru /en/profile/people/nat/1482.html (509 words)

	Sakaliba are Kipchaks
		Chuvashes never called themselves Bulgars, but Kazan Tatars believed that their villages were founded by the descendants from Bulgaria, that their grandfathers, great-grandfathers were Bulgars, and often, down to the 20 c., called themselves Bulgars, counter to the name “Tatars”.
		The native language or the history of the people were not studied in then in medrese, the studies were limited to the Arabian, Persian or Turkish languages and the common Muslim history.
		There are no reasons to think that the ancestors of the modern Chuvash people in the social development at one time were on a level of creating a state, and then rejected such form of political organization.
	www.turkleronline.com /turkler/turk_turuk/koken_isim/datelines/sakaliba_are_kipchaks.htm (5350 words)

	Gagauz - Balkans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Gagauz are a Turkic people minority of Southern Moldova (in Gagauzia) and of Southern Bessarabia (Bugeac) that numbers around 250,000.
		In fact they, along with the Chuvash people of the Russian Federation, are the only ethnic Turkic groups which are predominantly Christian (and Eastern Orthodox).
		Gagauz people have settlements in the Ukrainian regions of Odesa and Zaporizhzhia, as well as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Romania.
	www.balkans.eu.com /wiki/index.php?title=Gagauz (900 words)

	RNW: The Rivers Series
		The Chuvash share many musical traditions with the Mari, and their languages have mutually influenced each other.
		But Chuvash is an East Turkic language, as distinct from the Finnic languages as Russian is from English.
		Chuvash speakers live throughout the region, but can also be found as far away as the Baltic and Sakhalin.
	www.radionetherlands.nl /features/cultureandhistory/chuvash030212.html (355 words)

	Questions on various Russian mid-Volga ethnic groups - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		People not easily marry with Tatars, as the main problem is the religion, culture and attitude.
		People are with white skins, blond and brown hair, some with fl hair,blue, grey and brown eyes.Dont compare them with Tatars.
		Chuvashes speaks an Turkic language, but they are not Turkish by blood and race, its not the same.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=113035 (853 words)

	Chuvashia (Russia)
		Like Bashkor, Chuvash people are Turkic; strangely they are not Muslim but christian orthodox.
		The 24th of June chuvash streets and store windows are more decorated than usual with red and yellow motives and I note that these show the distinct darker shade of red prescribed by law (contrasting with most flags in sight, incl.
		This beverage is a national (chuvash) ancient tradition, this republic being almost exclusively responsible for Russia's rank as the 8th major producer of hop world wide.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/ru-cu.html (818 words)

	Economic Overview of the Republic of Chuvashia
		On June 24, 1920 the Chuvash autonomous region was formed, and in 1992, the Chuvash Republic was formed.
		There is also a resurgence of native Chuvash pride and many people are looking back to their Chuvash roots and exploring the culture and heritage and relearning the language.
		The people of the republic are also its greatest asset, as they are served by five higher educational institutions and 28 colleges and technical schools which are currently training approximately 45,000 students.
	www.bisnis.doc.gov /bisnis/bisdoc/0106Chuvashia.htm (3894 words)

	GLOWING FACETS - Chuvash.ru - Аналитический сайт о чувашском
		Was born in Chuvash Yen (Chuvash Side), an autonomous republic within the Russian Federation.
		I'm not quite sure people view it correctly, it is given unnessessary prominence.
		A luminous example of Chuvash poetic creativity is, of course Aygi.
	www.chuvash.ru /node/91 (555 words)

	HUNMAGYAR.ORG - TATAR ROOTS
		There are even such scientists, who connect the formation of Tatar people with the arrival of the Kipchaks after a plague decimated the Bulgars in the middle of the 14 c.
		Thus, there are various opinions on the time of the development of the Tatar people’s roots in the Volga and Urals: some attribute it to the 4 c., others to the 8 c., to the 9 c., to the 13 c., or to the 14 c.
		The study of the beginning and the process of formation of the Tatar people or its language-carrying components is further complicated by some scientists (mainly the official Finno-ugrian school which seeks to prove an Uralic origin of the Hungarians) trying to place the so-called Magna Hungaria (Great Hungary) in the Middle Volga and Urals.
	www.hunmagyar.org /turan/tatar/tatar-origin.html (9947 words)

	The Chuvash Republic - Regional Profile from the Russian American Chamber of Commerce® (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Chuvash Republic is situated in the center of European part of Russia - the Volga-Vyatka economic zone, between the Sura and Sviyaga rivers.
		The Chuvash ancestors were tribes of ancient Bulgars and Suvars that resided in the Northern Caucasus in the 5th-8th centuries.
		One of the paramount railway junctions of Russia - the town of Kanash - is on the territory of the Chuvash Republic.
	www.russianamericanchamber.org /regions/chuvash_republic.html (2865 words)

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		Everything is done to help people cultivate their religion to a full extent, not only to be proud of, but also to develop their national arts.
		Note that the Chuvash language belongs to the group of Turkic languages, and at the same time almost all from the Chuvash population are orthodox".
		V.V.Putin also said that the Chuvash Republic went a very right way, having created the Ministry of culture and of nationalities' affairs: "Here, as well as in other Volga regions, the national issue is depoliticized.
	www.rusembcanada.mid.ru /pr/180204_e.html (1123 words)

	eXile - Issue #146 - Feature Story - SUICIDE ON THE VOLGA RIVER: A Tale Of Two Republics - By Mark Ames
		This was the equivalent of doing a dirty chicken dance in the end zone: the surviving Chuvash would never recover from the shame, while the dead, suicidal Chuvash would live on as a man of honor and integrity, a real fighter.
		Nobody knows what happened to the avenged Chuvash who discovered the old woman swinging on his doorstep, but my guess is that he probably envied people with malaria or Ebola at that point, cuz having an old babushka hang herself on your doorstep was worse than two weeks of boiling organs.
		The reason people are living longer and the roads are better paved and the pay has gone from barter to cash and the newspapers aren't repressed is due to the fact that Fyodorov has served three terms as president, and should be able to serve several more.
	www.exile.ru /2002-July-26/feature_story.html?is_printer_friendly=1 (4535 words)

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