Chuvash - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Chuvash - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Schönig, Claus

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061271
Doc. NO	:	ALei1668
Main Entry	:	Schönig, Claus
Title & Author	:	Chuvash - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Schönig, Claus
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(769 words)
Abstract	:	The Chuvash are a Turkic-speaking people residing on the Volga River, between Nizhni Novgorod and Kazan. Based on a sub-census of 1995, about half of the approximately 1.7 to 1.8 million Chuvash, most of whom are Russian Orthodox Christians, live in the Chuvash Republic of the Russian Federation, whose capital is Cheboksary (Russian)/Shupashkar (Chuvash). Small groups of Chuvash live in Ukraine and Kazakhstan. The Chuvash livelihood was traditionally based on agriculture, including some animal husbandry. The Chuvash language is the only surviving member of the
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1668.pdf