Chuvash ASSR

Chuvashskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR within the Soviet Union.

The successor of the Chuvash Autonomous Oblast, the Chuvash ASSR, was formed in 1925. It declared its sovereignty within the Soviet Union in 1990 as the Chuvash Republic (still within Russia). 

Its primary economic activities were agricultural. Grain and fruit production and logging are emphasized. The capital city was Cheboksary.

 Related pages 
 Chuvashia

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Category:Former socialist republics
Category:History of Russia