Across the bay

Cheboksary (; Russian: Чебокса́ры, tr. Cheboksáry, IPA: [tɕɪbɐˈksarɨ]; Chuvash: Шупашкар, tr. Šupaškar) is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia and a port on the Volga River. Population: 453,721 (2010 Census); 440,621 (2002 Census); 419,592 (1989 Census).

I. N. Ulianov Chuvash State University is the main university of Chuvashia in the Russian Federation. It is in Cheboksary, the capital of the Chuvash Republic, on the Volga River northeast of Moscow.The university has over 10,000 students and 3,865 faculty, including 77 Doctors of Sciences (equivalent to full professors) and 446 Candidates of Sciences (equivalent to PhDs).

Mother Patroness (Russian: Мать-Покровительница, Mat’-Pokrovitel’nitsa; Chuvash: Aнне-Пирĕшти, Anne-Pirĕshti) - a monument dedicated to his mother. It’s one of the landmarks of the city of Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, symbol of the city and the entire country as a whole, as well as the symbol of the revival of spiritual values of the Chuvash people.