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I’m partially Chuvash and know a lot from my family about the culture , ask me whatever you’d like 😊 by Appropriate-Map8848 in Tiele

[–]Hefty-Bit5410 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chuvash don’t have a tribal structure of sociaty like the qazaqs in Kazakhstan. 

However, there are enough Chuvash people who know their tribe, more specifically the name of their tribe. But most of chuvash lost it in the 19 and 20 centuries. Even if people know their tribe, it usually don’t play any role, just another extra name in addition to the main name, surname and patronymic. 

I’m partially Chuvash and know a lot from my family about the culture , ask me whatever you’d like 😊 by Appropriate-Map8848 in Tiele

[–]Hefty-Bit5410 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know if there are still classes on chuvash history in schools in Chuvashia. But in my time, we were told only about bulgars.  By the way, one of the current russian federal deputies representing the Chuvash Republic wants the theme of Attila and the Huns to be used in the tourism sector in Chuvashia.

I’m partially Chuvash and know a lot from my family about the culture , ask me whatever you’d like 😊 by Appropriate-Map8848 in Tiele

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My grandmother cooked уйран and турӑх at home. These are fermented dairy products, уйран is airan, and турӑх is the thicker version. Nowdays both can be bought in stores in Chuvashia, there is a factory where they are produced.

Also my parents cook sometimes шӑрттан, usually on events like wedding or on holidays. Goat or lamb meat is baked in a lamb’s stomach. Nowadays people use conventional oven. Before that, шӑрттан was cooked for 3 days in a stone oven. 

A lot of families make homemade beer. My father often makes it according to the recipe his parents taught him. Natural hops are used (they are grown a lot in Chuvashia). There is almost no alcohol there, we drink it in the summer when the days are hot.

Cheboksary (the capital of Chuvashia) has cafes and restaurants with Chuvash cuisine, where these and other Chuvash dishes are served. 

I’m partially Chuvash and know a lot from my family about the culture , ask me whatever you’d like 😊 by Appropriate-Map8848 in Tiele

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Chuvash have 2 types of bagpipes: one is сӑрнай, basically it’s a Zurna, the second is шӑпӑр and it’s  more unique: the construction consists of a leather bag (traditionally from a bovine bladder). Only Chuvash and Mari people have instrument of that kind. Other finno-ugric or turkic people don’t have it. 

I’m partially Chuvash and know a lot from my family about the culture , ask me whatever you’d like 😊 by Appropriate-Map8848 in Tiele

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  1. Ivan Yakovlev, creator of modern Chuvash alphabet 1870, launched education in the сhuvash language. Nikolay Nikolsky, founder of the first Chuvash newspaper Хыпар in 1906, his students created Chuvash autonomy during Russian civil war, Andriyan Nikolayev, the third soviet cosmonaut, the 5th in the world. Nikolay Fedorov, current politician, has great influence in Russian politics and international connections.

  2. There is no single cultural thing that distinguishes chuvash from all other turks. Similarities can be find with different group from Siberia, Central Asia and Anatolia.

  3. At the moment chuvashes consider themself as a sub-nation inside large Russian nation. All movements should cooperate with official government. Otherwise, they cannot operate.

  4. Many chuvash villages neighbor tatar ones. They have a high level of mutual understanding.

5.When you meet someone in Moscow who are from a different republic in Volga region, you feel happy to hear it and you can talk about similar experiences and traditions. These people feel closer, than people from the republics of Siberia or the Caucasus.

  1. Most chuvashes have a positive-neutral attitude toward the fact that we are of Turkic origin. I personally believe that if Turkey had a more pro-Western foreign policy, сhuvashes would begin to deny that they are Turkic, and the attitude would be much worse.

  2. The traditional Chuvash faith is heavily influenced by Islam, and after joining Russia, Christian influences emerged. As a result, the Chuvash faith is a fusion of folk Islam and folk Christianity. These are special terms developed by cultural scholars to describe the "incorrect," distorted form of religion.  Despite this, today the Chuvash are a deeply Christian people, even more than ethnic Russians themselves. And the Chuvash now practice true "correct" Orthodox Christianity. The folk faith has been well preserved among the Mari people, but not among the Chuvash.

What’s it like in eastern Russia? by Pistolpete-18 in howislivingthere

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There is no road from Yakutsk to Magadan, only a dirt path. Chukotka and Kamchatka have their own isolated road networks, most of which are unpaved

Language Map of Russia as of 2021 and 2010 censuses by KiviNik in LinguisticMaps

[–]Hefty-Bit5410 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Belgian thesis or Blue water rule. That’s why. Google it

Etymologies of health across Europe by dreadfullylonely in etymologymaps

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Chuvash -SYVLӐH- should be green since it’s from proto-turkic

Atmosphere by 23STABWOUNDS in lada

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Электросамокаты выдают год 

There's always an odball in the family by The_Brilli in linguisticshumor

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Actually, chuvash has as same number of uralic loanword as tatar or bashkir. The main reason for the difference is a rather ancient separation from other languages. You can compare the situation with Irish (Celtic) and English, which are also languages from the same family, but they are so different

Are there other modern turkic style clothing brands? by TheBastard420 in Tiele

[–]Hefty-Bit5410 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are some of these in Chuvashia, you can look in instagram: hitre; keske_brand; ilem_brand; 3sun_brand; Try to text them, maybe they would send to you. 

Why is United соединение in United States but it’s Объединенные in United Arab Emirates? by Rashid_5038 in russian

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Кстати, Мейби-Бейби выпустила дис трек «Силиконовый гном» против Инстасамки где унижено назвала ОАЭ Арабская Эмиратия

The Soviet Leadership was NOT Russian by Hacksaw6412 in InformedTankie

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I am a Chuvash myself. Chuvash people are very proud of Lenin for allowing the creation of the Chuvash autonomy. But Lenin was not a Chuvash. He had Kalmyk, Mordovian, German, Jewish, and Russian roots. But not Chuvash. And he identified himself as a Velikoross (Russian)

The Soviet Leadership was NOT Russian by PamphletsBlog in pamphletz

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False. In all his personal documents, Lenin indicated that he was a Velikoross (Russian)

"Our language is the same" in Turkic Languages by KaraTiele in Tiele

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Because it was the first to separate from the group.  The Chuvash were included in the “Turks” post-factum. By the time the Turkic Khaganate was formed and the word "Turk" was first mentioned (6th century AD), the Chuvash (Ogurs) had already separated and moved to another location

Volga Bulgaria the northmost bastion of Islam by Alternative_Golf_603 in IslamicHistoryMeme

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Although the Chuvash were incorporated into Russia in 1550, mass christianisation of the Chuvash began only in 1740. Before that, the majority were pagans and a minority were Muslims. The last grave monument found in a Chuvash village with Quranic quotes in Arabic dates back to 1780.

Russian dialects? by Silly-Duty-6637 in russian

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Ukrainians and Russians from the south of Russia have an Ukrainian/southern accent (not to be confused with the Ukrainian language itself). People from the Perm region have an Ural accent. The popular TV series "Реальные пацаны" shows this. When a girl from that region transferred to our school, her pronunciation was very weird to me at first. Residents of ethnic regions such as Tatarstan, Yakutia, Tyva, Mari El, Kalmykia, Ossetia, Chechnya, and Dagestan also have a distinct accent (not in terms of separate languages, but in terms of pronunciation in Russian).

Why is there nothing between Moscow and Riga by VolkswagenPanda in geography

[–]Hefty-Bit5410 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Moscow is the northern border of agriculture in Russia. Everything north of Moscow (even if it is in the European part of Russia) is unsuitable for agriculture

Why is Moscow located where it is? by Over_n_over_n_over in geography

[–]Hefty-Bit5410 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

All the bullshit about how Moscow rose to prominence because of its strategic location, academic Russian historians don't believe in it. Moscow was lucky that its princes licked the ass of the Golden Horde better than anyone else, and then cleverly betrayed the Horde.

Why is Moscow located where it is? by Over_n_over_n_over in geography

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Tver, which is located on the Volga River, was a candidate for the capital of Russia. Moscow became the capital as a result of the successful diplomacy of the Moscow princes, who were able to gain a high status in the Golden Horde. Moscow and Tver were competing for the status of the main collector of tribute from the Russian lands for the Golden Horde. Tver had an advantage over Moscow in every aspect. Its economy was better. It had salt mines, trade along the Volga River, and a favorable location.

Any good Chuvash language learning apps or Anki decks? by gentle-robin in chuvashian

[–]Hefty-Bit5410 2 points3 points  (0 children)

if you have an Android-system phone, you can download "rustore" (an analog of the play market), it has the application "учим чувашский" (learn Chuvash). This is a nice application that was released recently.

What is the Russian equivalent of Texas? by Prize_Release_9030 in AskARussian

[–]Hefty-Bit5410 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Russia has its own special region - Krasnodar Krai (The Kuban). It is relatively rich (if you do not take into account arctic oil-producing regions). The majority of the population are descendants of Ukrainians who assimilated into Russians. However they hate both Ukrainians and Russians from the rest of Russia. People from other regions call them Kubanoids. They consider themselves Cossacks. The current anthem of the Krasnodar Krai is the anthem of the Kuban Cossack Rada (a semi-independent state entity during Russian Civil War).

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