The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Cheboksary
(chbksä´r) (KEY) , city (1989 pop. 420,000), capital of Chuvash Republic, NW European Russia, a port on the Volga River. Both a heavy industrial and an agricultural region, it is the site of a hydroelectric station. Founded in the 16th cent. as a fortress, the city has a 17th-century cathedral.