List of Chuvashes

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

Leaders and politicians

• Vakrim (15th century) - Chuvash noble who left Golden Horde to become a vassal of Vasily the Blind.
• Mĕtri Căvaš (16th century) - hero of the siege of Kazan. Descendant of mărsa Vakrim, ancestor of Gavrila Derzhavin.
• Kamaj (16th century) - Chuvash mărsa at the service of Khan of Kazan who defected to the Russian side.
• Aransajpik (17th century) - Chuvash noble at Russian service who was granted 300 desiatinas of land around Şĕrpü (Tsivilsk).
• Daniil Elmen (1885–1932) - Chuvash statesman, first leader of Chuvash autonomy in Soviet Russia.
• Nikolay Fyodorov (b. 1958) - former president of Chuvashia.

Military figures

• Iskej Pajtulĕ (17th century) - Chuvash poet, ataman (colonel) in the army of Stenka Razin.

Religious figures

• Valĕm Huşa (12th century) - Volga Bulgar Muslim saint, highly revered by Chuvashes.
• Mehmet Huşa Celepi (16th century) - Chuvash convert to Islam, hajji (religious pilgrim) and scholar.
• Nikita Bichurin (1777–1853) - Christian archimandrite, orientalist. (perhaps quarter-Chuvash)

Academic figures

Linguists

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

Cultural figures

Writers and poets

• Emine (19th century) - Chuvash woman poet
• Kĕştenttin Ivanov (1890–1915) - poet, author of "Narspi".
• Mišši Śeśpĕl (1899–1922) - pioneer of Chuvash syllabotonic poetry
• Dimitri Isayev (1905–1930) - writer and literary critic
• 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) - poet and translator, father of Russian surrealist poetry
• Boris Căntăk (b. 1960) - writer, playwright and poet
• Vasley Mitta (1908–1957) - poet and translator
• Nikifor Mran'ka (1901–1973) - poet and dramatist
• Marina Karyagina (b. 1969) - poet

Other figures

See also

• Chuvash Wikipedia
• ChuvashTet
• Chuvash National Museum
• Chuvash National Congress