The Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR that existed from 1925 to 1992, with Cheboksary serving as its capital. The republic specialized in the agricultural industry, and it was involved in producing grain and fruit and the logging industry. In 1990, the Chuvash ASSR declared state sovereignty within the Soviet Union, and it became the "Republic of Chuvashia" in 1992.
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