- Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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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.
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- This article incorporates public domain text from the Library of Congress Country Studies. - Soviet Union
Autonomous Republics of the Soviet Union Soviet Union Abkhaz ASSR (1930 – 1992) · Adjar ASSR (1921 – 1990) · Bashkir ASSR (1919 – 1990) · Buryat ASSR (1923 – 1990; Buryat–Mongol ASSR up to 1958) · Chechen-Ingush ASSR (1936 – 1944; 1957 – 1990) · Chuvash ASSR (1925 – 1990) · Crimean ASSR (1921 – 1945; 1991 – 1992) · Dagestan ASSR (1921 – 1991) · Gorno-Altai ASSR (1990 – 1991) · Kabardin ASSR (1944 – 1957) · Kabardino-Balkar ASSR (1936 – 1944; 1957 – 1991) · Kalmyk ASSR (1935 – 1943; 1958 – 1990) · Karachay-Cherkess ASSR (1990 – 1991) · Karakalpak ASSR (1932 – 1992) · Karelian ASSR (1923 – 1940; 1956 – 1991) · Kazakh ASSR (Kirghiz ASSR) (1920 – 1936) · Komi ASSR (1936 – 1990) · Mari ASSR (1936 – 1990) · Moldavian ASSR (1924 – 1940) · Mordovian ASSR (1934 – 1990) · Mountain ASSR (1920 – 1924) · Nakhchivan ASSR (1924 – 1990) · North Ossetian ASSR (1936 – 1990) · Tajik ASSR (1924 – 1929) · Tatar ASSR (1920 – 1990) · Turkestan ASSR (1918 – 1924) · Tuva ASSR (1961 – 1990) · Udmurt ASSR (1934 – 1991) · Volga German ASSR (1918 – 1941) · Yakut ASSR (1922 – 1990)Categories:- Soviet Union stubs
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- States and territories established in 1925
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