List of Chuvashes
A Chuvash is a member of the Chuvash people, an ethnic group living in Russia.
Academic figures
Ivan Yakovlev (educator).
Educators
- Ivan Yakovlev (1848–1930) - Chuvash patriarch, inventor of modern Chuvash alphabet.
- Gennady Volkov (1927–2010) - Chuvash educator, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education, founder of the ethnopedagogics.
Linguists
Atner Husankaj
- Atner Husankaj (b. 1948) - linguist and philologist, first president of Chuvash National Congress. Son of poet Petĕr Husankaj.
Journalists
- Nikolai Yut - Chuvash writer, folklorist and literary critic.
Cultural figures
Actors and actresses
- Tany Youne (1903–1977) - first Chuvash theater actress, the first Chuvash film actress.
- Boris Markov - actor, famous music director, People's Artist of the Russia and Chuvash ASSR.
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
Mišši Śeśpĕl
- Emine (19th century) - most famous Chuvash woman poet.
- Kĕştenttin Ivanov (1890–1915) - outstanding poet, author of "Narspi".
- Mišši Śeśpĕl (1899–1922) - pioneer of Chuvash syllabotonic poetry.
- Dimitri Isayev (1905–1930) - prolific 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) - famous poet and translator, father of Russian surrealist poetry.
- Boris Căntăk (b. 1960) - talented writer, playwright and poet.
- Vasley Mitta (1908–1957) - poet and translator.
- Nikifor Mran'ka (1901–1973) - poet and dramatist
- Lyudmila Vasilyeva (1930–1949) - poet
Other figures
Cosmonauts
- Andriyan Nikolayev (1929–2004) - third Soviet cosmonaut, fifth man in space.
Sportspersons
- Svetlana Chirkova-Lozovaya (b. 1945) - fencer, two times olympic champion in foil team competition (1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich).
- 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.
See also
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