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Му Thoughts about Сhuvashia and Russia
If you ask a foreigner to tell you something about Russia what can we hear in the answer? “It is the largest country in the world” or “The capital of Russia is Moscow”. Perhaps you will hear some more sentences but nothing significant. It is a pity because Russia can be much more spoken about not even mentioning its geographical position, climatic conditions and other aspects important for its political and economic life, which will not be written about in this composition.
Some of them know even more than the Russians themselves do, however absurd it may sound. But only a very small per cent of these people have heard about the Chuvash Republic situated on the right bank of the great river Volga in Russia. Almost 1.8 million people consider Chuvashia their Motherland and so do I. I am its native citizen: my Dad and Mum were born in Chuvash villages; they have been living for thirty years already in the capital of my republic – Cheboksary. It sounds in the Chuvash language as “Shupashkar”. Cheboksary is very beautiful and it is planted with trees, gardens and parks. In 2000 it was awarded to the status “The cleanest and most convenient town of Russia.” There are many museums, art galleries, monuments and sculptures to Chuvash and Russian prominent public figures. Various entertainment centers, computer clubs, cafes, supermarkets and other attributes of modern life have appeared recently.
Living in town from their birth and rarely coming across the Chuvash culture, many native young people consider themselves to be Russians by nationality. Some of them think that villages will disappear soon, that villagers are absolute ignoramuses and are only able to pasture cattle. This opinion prevails among the youth nowadays. As for me and all my sisters and brothers, we are fond of going to the village to visit our Granny. We respect the villagers; most of them are very interesting and clever people. My aunt and her son come from Siberia to visit us every year. They say they feel themselves an integral part of the Chuvash nation.
The national Chuvash poet Pyotr Khuzangai wrote in one of his poems: “My republic is small, just press your finger to the map of the country and you won’t see it any longer.” But in spite of its diminutive size Chuvashia is envisaging further development, it brought up a lot of talented and famous persons: writers, sportsmen, public figures, and cosmonauts. One of them is Andrian Nickolaev.
My republic is an important constituent part of Russia. Such labour-intensive crop as hop is grown here. Machine-building, chemical, textile and food industries are highly developed. Chuvashia possesses unique cultural wealth, which its every citizen must get to know.
It cannot be denied that Russia and Chuvashia are inseparable. Their unity means strength and prosperity for all the peoples that inhabit our Motherland.
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