Chuvash people

Turkic ethnic group

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The Chuvash people are a Turkic ethnic group primarily living in the Chuvash Republic, a region in Russia along the Volga River. They are historically and culturally distinct within the Turkic world, with their own language and traditions that have survived for centuries.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Chuvash people is referenced by 718 other articles, and connects out to Turkic, Kyrgyz people and Onogurs.

Vinony files it under Chuvash people, Ethnic groups in Kazakhstan and Ethnic groups in Russia.

Its subject is documented across 87 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: ethnic group
Part of: Turkic peoples
Has part: Virjal
Religion: atheism
Country: Russia
Population: 1509300
Image: Aged Chuvash women in workaday costumes.jpg

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Commons category: Chuvash people
topic's main category: Category:Chuvash people
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
different from: Chumash people
language used: Russian

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Encyclopedic overview

The Chuvash people, also called Chuvash Tatars, are a Turkic ethnic group, a branch of the Oğurs, inhabiting an area stretching from the Idel-Ural region to Siberia.

Most of them live in the Russian republic of Chuvashia and the surrounding area, although Chuvash communities may be found throughout Russia as well as in Central Asia. They speak Chuvash, a Turkic language that diverged from other languages in the family more than a millennium ago. Among the Chuvash believers, the majority are Eastern Orthodox Christians although a minority follow Vattisen Yaly or Sunni Islam.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chuvash people” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.