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Founded: 1925
President: Nikolay Vasilyevich Fyodorov (elected Dec. 26, 1993; re-elected Dec. 28, 1997 and Dec. 16, 2001)
Federation Council Representatives: Leonid Leonidovich Lebedev (term expires July 2006); Vladimir Iosifovich Slutsker (term expires December 2005)
Duma deputies: Anatoly Gennadyevich Aksakov (Cheboksarsky district) (United Russia); Pavel Vladimirovich Semyonov (Kanashsky district)(United Russia)
Population: 1,313,900 (2002 census)
Area: 18,300 square km (7,064 sq. miles)
Capital: Cheboksary (population 440,800), 880 km from Moscow
Other major cities: Novocheboksarsk (125,900)
Federal district: Volga
Economic district: Volga
Time zone: Moscow, GMT +3, EST +8
Geography: Chuvashia is surrounded by the industrially developed centers of Russia: it borders on Nizhny Novgorod Region in the west, the Republic of Mari El in the north, the Republic of Tatarstan in the east, and on the Republic of Mordovia and Ulyanovsk Region in the south. The Volga is the main river flowing through Chuvashia and there are more than 350 lakes.
Urban population: 61%, Rural population: 39%
Ethnic make-up: includes Chuvash (67%) and Russians (27%)
Economy: The economy of Chuvashia is dominated by manufacturing. Chuvashia's economy specializes in engineering and metalworking, light industry, forestry and woodworking, and the food industry. The main industrial centers are Cheboksary, Novocheboksarsk, Kanash, Alatyr, and Shumerlya.
Official website: http://www.cap.ru
Contact information
President
Nikolay Vasilyevich Fyodorov
1 Ploshad Respubliki
Cheboksary 428004
Tel.: +7 (8352) 62 34 95; 39 35 53
Email: admm@cap.ru
Chairman of the State Council
Mikhail Alekseyevich Mikhailovsky
Tel.: +7 (8352) 62 22 72
Email: gs@cap.ru
Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Chuvash Republic
Sergei Anatolyevich Gaplikov
Tel.: +7 (8352) 62 01 71; 62 08 81
Email: km@cap.ru
Press secretary contact
Boris Petrovich Kuzmin
Tel: +7 (8352) 62 27 58; 62 27 39
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last updated August 15, 2005
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