- Source: List of Chuvashes
A Chuvash is a member of the Chuvash people, an ethnic group living in Russia.
Leaders and politicians
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
Iskej Pajtulĕ (17th century) - Chuvash poet, ataman (colonel) in the army of Stenka Razin.
Religious figures
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
= Educators
=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
=Atner Husankaj (b. 1948) - linguist and philologist, first president of Chuvash National Congress. Son of poet Petĕr Husankaj.
= Journalists
=Nikolai Yut - Chuvash writer, folklorist and literary critic.
Cultural figures
= Actors and actresses
=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
=Pyotr Yegorov (1731–1789) - author of the railing of Summer Garden.
= Ballet dancers
=Nadezhda Pavlova (b. 1956) - famous ballet dancer, People's Artist of the USSR.
= Musicians
=Alexey Aygi (b. 1971) - musician, son of Gennady Aygi.
Elina Nechayeva - musician
= Painters
=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
=Gerasim Pileš (1913–1994) - writer, playwright, sculptor and graphicist.
= Writers and poets
=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
= Cosmonauts
=Andriyan Nikolayev (1929–2004) - third Soviet cosmonaut, fifth man in space.
= Sportspersons
=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
Chuvash Wikipedia
ChuvashTet
Chuvash National Museum
Chuvash National Congress
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of Chuvashes
- Chuvash people
- Chuvash Wikipedia
- Chuvash nationalism
- Chuvash National Congress
- Chuvash National Radio
- Olimpiada Ivanova
- Turkic peoples
- Magna Hungaria
- Ethnic groups in Europe
