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Chuvashiya (republic) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 55 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 55.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 047 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 47.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The region comprises rolling hills and ravines, drained by the Volga River and its tributaries. The area was settled by the Chuvash peoples in the 16th century. It was part of the Gorky territory from 1929-1936. The economy is based on potatoes, flax, hemp, pigs, and cattle. The industry developed only after WW II. |
Names: |
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| Chuvashiya (preferred,C,V,Russian)
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| Čuvašskaja Respublika (C,V)
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| Chuvashskaya Respublika (C,V,O,Russian-P)
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| Chuvashia (C,V,English)
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| Chuvashia (Indonesian)
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| Cuvasija (C,V)
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| Chavash Respubliki (C,V)
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| Chuvash A.S.S.R. (C,U)
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| Chuvashiya Republic (C,U,English-P)
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| RS16 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Чувашская Республика (C,U,Russian)
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| Чувашия (C,U,Russian)
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| Чувашия (Bulgarian)
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| Чăваш Республики (C,U,Chuvash)
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| Chuváchia (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Chuvash Republic (C,U)
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| Chuvasia (C,U,Spanish)
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| Ciuvascia (C,U,Italian)
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| Čuvašija (C,U,Italian)
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| Ĉuvaŝio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Çuvaşistan (C,U,Turkish)
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| Čuvaška (C,U,Croatian)
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| Čuvašsko (C,U,Czech)
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| Czuwaszja (C,U,Polish)
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| République de Tchouvachie (C,U,French)
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| Tjuvasjien (C,U,Swedish)
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| Tschuwaschien (C,U,German)
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| Tsjoevasjië (C,U,Dutch)
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| Tsjuvasjia (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Tsjuvasjia (Norwegian)
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| Tšuvaššia (C,U,Estonian)
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| Tšuvassia (C,U,Finnish)
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| Txuvàixia (C,U,Catalan)
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| Txuvaxia (C,U,Basque)
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| 추바시 공화국 (C,U,Korean)
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| Чувашија (C,U,Serbian)
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| چواشستان (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| تشوفاشيا (C,U,Arabic)
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| Чуваська Республіка (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| 楚瓦什共和国 (C,U,Chinese)
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| チュヴァシ共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| Республика Чувашия (C,U,Russian)
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| Chuvash ASSR (H,O)
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............ | 1925-1992 |
| Chuvash A. S. S. R. (H,O)
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............ | 1925-1992 |
| Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (H,O)
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............ | 1925-1992 |
| Chuvashskaya ASSR (H,O)
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............ | 1925-1992 |
| Chuvashskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika (H,O)
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............ | 1925-1992 |
| Čuvašskaja Avtonomnaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaja Respublika (H,V)
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............ | 1925-1992 |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Place Types: |
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| republic (preferred, C) |
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first formed as autonomous oblast 1920 & as autonomous republic 1925 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| agricultural land (C) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.......... |
[VP] |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 311 |
| Chuvashskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 567395 |
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NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 27 September 2007 |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2900046-2900046 |
| Čuvašskaja Avtonomnaja Sovetskaja Socialističeskaja Respublika.......... |
[VP] |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-74 |
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