List of Chuvashs
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A Chuvash is a member of the subset of Turkic peoples living in Russia. Chuvashs traditionally come from Volga Bulgaria and Mari tribes. In Russia, this includes Chuvashia, Tatarstan, and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.
- Alexander Artemiev, poet, writer, translator, critic.
- Vladimir Lenin, revolutionary, founder, and first leader of the Soviet Union (Chuvash background)
- Boris Çindikov, author
- Nikolai Fyodorov, politician and former sportsman
- Konstantin Ivanov, poet
- Andrian Nikolayev, the third man in space
- Arkady Malov, writer, translator
- Anatoly Serep, writer
- Ilia Toktash, writer, translator, poet, folklorist.
- Gerasym Peelesh, writer, grafic artist, playwright, sculptor.
- Nikita Larionov, writer, poet
- Boris Markov, famous artist, director
- Ivan Yakovlev, teacher
- Çêçpel Mishshi, poet
- Vera Sokolova, race walker
- Yelena Nikolayeva, race walker
- Olimpiada Ivanova, race walker
- Vladimir Andreyev, race walker
- Vyacheslav Krasnov, politician and former race walker
