List of Chuvashes

A Chuvash is a member of the Chuvash people, an ethnic group living in Russia.

Contents 1 Historical figures 1.1 Leaders and politicians 1.2 Military figures 1.3 Religious figures 2 Academic figures 2.1 Educators 2.2 Linguists 2.3 Orientalists 3 Cultural figures 3.1 Actors and actresses 3.2 Architects 3.3 Ballet dancers 3.4 Musicians 3.5 Painters 3.6 Sculptors 3.7 Writers and poets 4 Other figures 4.1 Cosmonauts 4.2 Sportspersons

Historical figures

Leaders and politicians

• Vakrim (XV cent.) - Chuvash noble who left Golden Horde to become a vassal of Vasily the Blind.
• Mĕtri Căvaš (XVI cent.) - hero of the siege of Kazan. Descendant of mărsa Vakrim, ancestor of Gavrila Derzhavin.
• Kamaj (XVI cent.) - Chuvash mărsa at the service of Khan of Kazan who defected to the Russian side.
• Aransajpik (XVII cent.) - Chuvash noble at Russian service who was granted 300 desiatinas of land around Şĕrpü (Tsivilsk).
• Tanil El'men (1885–1932) - Chuvash statesman, first leader of Chuvash autonomy in Soviet Russia.
• Nikolai Fyodorov (b. 1958) - former sportsman and acting president of Chuvashia.

Vladimir Iljich Lenin - leader of Russian revolution 1917.

Military figures

• Iskej Pajtulĕ (XVII cent.) - Chuvash poet, ataman (colonel) in the army of Stenka Razin.
• Vasily Chapayev

Religious figures

• Valĕm Huşa (XII cent.) - Volga Bulgar Muslim saint, highly revered by Chuvashes.
• Mehmet Huşa Celepi (XVI cent.) - Chuvash convert to Islam, hajji (religious pilgrim) and scholar.
• Nikita Bichurin (1777–1853) - Christian archimandrite, orientalist.

Academic figures

Educators

• Ivan Yakovlev (1848–1930) - Chuvash patriarch, inventor of modern Chuvash alphabet.

Linguists

• Atner Husankaj (b. 1948) - linguist and philologist, first president of Chuvash National Congress. Son of writer Petĕr Husankaj.

Orientalists

• Nikita Bichurin (see above) - famous orientalist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Founder of Russian sinology.

Cultural figures

Actors and actresses

• Tani Jun (1903–1977) - first Chuvash actress.
• Boris Markov - actor, famous music director, People's Artist of the Russia and Chuvashia.

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.

Painters

• 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 (XIX cent.) - most famous Chuvash poetess.
• Kĕştenttin Ivanov (1890–1915) - outstanding poet, author of Narspi.
• Şeşpĕl Mišši (1899–1922) - pioneer of Chuvash syllabotonic poetry.
• 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) - famous poet and translator, father of Russian surrealist poetry.
• Boris Căntăk (b. 1960) - talented writer, playwright and poet.

Other figures

Cosmonauts

• Andriyan Nikolayev (1929–2004) - third Soviet cosmonaut, fifth man in space.
• Nikolai Budarin (b. 1953) - cosmonaut, Hero of Russian Federation.

Sportspersons

• Valery Yardy (b. 1948) - cyclist, winner of a team race at 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich.
• Yelena Nikolayeva (b. 1966) - race walker, champion of 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
• 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.