Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Чăваш ACCP Чувашская АССР Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ASSR of the Russian SFSR ← 1925–1992 → Flag Coat of arms Capital Cheboksary Government Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic History  -  Established 1925  -  Disestablished 1992

The Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Chuvash: Чăваш Автономлă Совет Социаллă Республики; Russian: Чувашская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республик) was an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the former Soviet Union.

It occupied about 18,000 square kilometres along the east bank of the Volga River, about sixty kilometres west of the river's confluence with the Kama River and some 700 kilometres east of Moscow. The Chuvash ASSR was formed in 1925 and declared its sovereignty within the Soviet Union in 1990. The primary economic activities are agricultural; grain and fruit production and logging are emphasized. The capital city was Cheboksary.

See also

• Chuvashia

References

• This article incorporates public domain text from the Library of Congress Country Studies