Cheboksary

Cheboksary is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia. It became first referred to in written resources in 1469, when Russian soldiers handed here on their way to the Khanate of Kazan. According to archaeological excavations, however, the area were populated notably earlier. The web site hosted a Bulgarian metropolis of Veda Suvar, which appeared after Mongols defeated important Volga Bulgarian cities within the 13th century.

During Khanate period the metropolis is believed by way of a few to have had a Turkic call Cabaqsar and that the contemporary Russian and English names originate from it. However, in maps by way of European tourists it became marked as Cibocar, Veda-Suar. Shupashcar, the Chuvash name literally method the "fortress of the Chuvash". In 1555, the Russians built a castle and installed a agreement right here.

In 1625, there were 458 squaddies quartered in Cheboksary, and in 1646 there were 661 adult males living in the agreement. At the give up of the 17th century, Cheboksary changed into appeared as a main business city of the Volga area, and in 1781 it become granted metropolis popularity within Kazan Governorate. In the start of the 19th century the population was about 5500, the metropolis had a sawmill and numerous small manufactures.