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List of Chuvashes
Summary
A
Chuvash
is a member of the
Chuvash people
, an ethnic group living in
Russia
.
Leaders and politicians
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Daniil Elmen
Vakrim (15th century) - Chuvash noble who left
Golden Horde
to become a vassal of
Vasily the Blind
.
Mĕtri Căvaš (16th century) - hero of the
siege of Kazan
. Descendant of
mărsa
Vakrim, ancestor of
Gavrila Derzhavin
.
Kamaj (16th century) - Chuvash
mărsa
at the service of
Khan of Kazan
who defected to the Russian side.
Aransajpik (17th century) - Chuvash noble at Russian service who was granted 300
desiatinas
of land around Şĕrpü (
Tsivilsk
).
Daniil Elmen
(1885–1932) - Chuvash statesman, first leader of
Chuvash autonomy
in
Soviet Russia
.
Nikolay Fyodorov
(b. 1958) - former president of
Chuvashia
.
Military figures
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Iskej Pajtulĕ (17th century) - Chuvash poet,
ataman
(colonel) in the army of
Stenka Razin
.
Religious figures
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Valĕm Huşa (12th century) -
Volga Bulgar
Muslim saint
, highly revered by Chuvashes.
Mehmet Huşa Celepi (16th century) - Chuvash
convert to Islam
,
hajji
(religious pilgrim) and scholar.
Nikita Bichurin
(1777–1853) -
Christian
archimandrite
, orientalist. (perhaps quarter-Chuvash)
Academic figures
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Ivan Yakovlev (educator).
Educators
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Ivan Yakovlev
(1848–1930) - Chuvash patriarch, inventor of modern Chuvash alphabet.
Gennady Volkov
(1927–2010) - Chuvash educator, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education, founder of the ethnopedagogics.
Linguists
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Atner Husankaj
Atner Husankaj
(b. 1948) - linguist and philologist, first president of
Chuvash National Congress
. Son of poet Petĕr Husankaj.
Journalists
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Nikolai Yut
- Chuvash writer, folklorist and literary critic.
Cultural figures
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Actors and actresses
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Tany Youne
(1903–1977) - first Chuvash theater actress, the first Chuvash film actress.
Boris Markov
- actor, famous music director, People's Artist of the Russia and
Chuvash ASSR
.
Architects
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Pyotr Yegorov (1731–1789) - author of the railing of
Summer Garden
.
Ballet dancers
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Nadezhda Pavlova
(b. 1956) - famous ballet dancer,
People's Artist of the USSR
.
Musicians
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Alexey Aygi (b. 1971) - musician, son of
Gennady Aygi
.
Elina Nechayeva
- musician
Painters
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Aleksey Kokel
(1880–1956) - painter
Nikolai Ovchinnikov
(1918–2004) - People's Painter of the RSFSR and Chuvashia.
Praski Vitti
(b. 1936) - Chuvash painter and illustrator.
Sculptors
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Gerasim Pileš
(1913–1994) - writer, playwright, sculptor and graphicist.
Writers and poets
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Mišši Śeśpĕl
Emine (19th century) - Chuvash woman poet
Kĕştenttin Ivanov
(1890–1915) - poet, author of "Narspi".
Mišši Śeśpĕl
(1899–1922) - pioneer of Chuvash syllabotonic poetry
Dimitri Isayev
(1905–1930) - writer and literary critic
Ille Tuktaš
(1907–1957) - Chuvash writer, poet and
folklorist
, author of the anthem of Chuvashia.
Anat Serep
(1920–2003) -
World War II
veteran, writer
Alexander Artemiev
(1924–1998) - people's poet, writer and translator
Arkady Malov
(1928–1995) - Chuvash writer, journalist and translator
Gennady Aygi
(1934–2006) - poet and translator, father of Russian
surrealist
poetry
Boris Căntăk (b. 1960) - writer, playwright and poet
Vasley Mitta
(1908–1957) - poet and translator
Nikifor Mran'ka
(1901–1973) - poet and dramatist
Lyudmila Vasilyeva
(1930–1949) - poet
Marina Karyagina
(b. 1969) - poet
Other figures
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Cosmonauts
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Andriyan Nikolayev
(1929–2004) - third Soviet
cosmonaut
, fifth man in space.
Sportspersons
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Svetlana Chirkova-Lozovaya
(b. 1945) - fencer, two times olympic champion in foil team competition (
1968 Summer Olympics
in
Mexico City
and
1972 Summer Olympics
in
Munich
).
Veronika Chumikova
Olimpiada Ivanova
(b. 1970) - race walker, silver medalist of
2004 Summer Olympics
in
Athens
.
Irina Kalentyeva
(b. 1977) - professional
mountain bike racer
, bronze medalist of
2008 Summer Olympics
in
Beijing
.
See also
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Chuvash Wikipedia
ChuvashTet
Chuvash National Museum
Chuvash National Congress