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Cheboksary (Chuvash. Shupashkar) - a city in Russia, the capital of the Chuvash Republic. The city is the administrative, cultural and industrial center of the republic. Most of the city is located on the right bank of the Volga River, 650 km east of Moscow. The city of Cheboksary is located on the Volga Upland of the central part of the East European Plain. Most of the city is located on the high right bank of the Volga River, cutting the territory into two unequal parts. The area on the left bank is occupied mainly by pine forest and is used as a recreational zone. The satellite city of Novocheboksarsk is located 20 km to the east.
The city of Cheboksary is located on the Volga Upland in the central part of the East European Plain. Most of the city is located on the high right bank of the Volga River, which cuts the territory into two unequal parts. The area on the left bank is occupied mainly by pine forest and is used as a recreational area. The satellite city of Novocheboksarsk is located 20 km to the east.
The city is located along the Volga. The territory of
Cheboksary is heavily indented by ravines formed by the watersheds of
small rivers flowing into the Volga. As a result, the urban planning
follows the terrain and forms a semi-radial scheme traditional for the
Volga cities: the historical center at the confluence of the city rivers
into the Volga and residential and industrial areas fanning out from it.
There are six such districts (from west to east): North-West,
South-West, Bogdanka, Center and Vostochny, which is also often called
Vostochny Settlement; with the exception of the last two, united by an
industrial zone and the largest residential Novoyuzhny district, the
districts are topologically separated by ravines. Officially, there are
3 districts and they are called Moscow, Leninsky, Kalininsky. Transport
communication between them is provided by semi-circular roads passing
through five bridges thrown over ravines.
The map of the city can
be represented as follows. Parallel to the flow of the Volga along the
city, crossing the historical center, there is a road leading from
Moscow to Novocheboksarsk and further, through the Cheboksary
hydroelectric power station, to Yoshkar-Ola and Kazan. Along the way, it
changes its name many times: Yadrinsky Highway (entrance from Moscow) -
Moskovsky Prospekt - Composers Vorobyov Street - Kalinin Street -
Marposadskoe Highway (entrance from Novocheboksarsk). Many other large
streets depart from this axial road (Universitetskaya Street, Guzovsky
Street, 500th Anniversary of Cheboksary, Kosmonavt Nikolaev Street,
Gagarin Street, Mira Avenue, Traktorostroiteley Avenue), linking various
districts of the city. From the historical center, crossing Composers
Vorobyov Street, the central highway of the city goes south: K. Marx
Street - Lenin Avenue - Ivan Yakovlev Avenue - Kanashskoye Highway
(intersection with the M7 highway). Parallel to K. Marx Street and Lenin
Avenue, Presidential Boulevard and Yaroslavskaya and Engels Streets
duplicate them.
The main sights of the city, administrative
offices, many hotels and restaurants are located in the historical
center: along the main thoroughfare of the city, or not far from it.
Most of the historical buildings were lost due to the construction of
the Cheboksary hydroelectric power station and the subsequent flooding
of part of the city. In place of the old buildings, an artificial bay
has been built, which, together with the Volga embankment, is the main
recreation place for citizens. The three main transport hubs of the city
- the river port, the railway station and the bus station - are
connected by a main road. The last two objects are located southeast of
the historical center and are nearby.
Cheboksary is located approximately in the middle
between Nizhny Novgorod (240 km) and
Kazan (166 km). The federal highway
M7 "Volga" and the road A119 "Vyatka" pass through the city. A 103 km
long railway line from the Kanash junction station has been brought to
Cheboksary. Cruise flights are carried out along the Volga.
By
plane
1 Airport, pl. Skvortsova, 1. ☎ +7 (8352) 301-368.
Cheboksary Airport (IATA:CSY) has regular passenger service only with
Moscow. Flights are operated by Rusline (daily from Vnukovo airport) on
CRJ-100 aircraft, Izhavia (daily, except Saturdays, from Domodedovo
airport) on An-24 and Pobeda aircraft (flights from Vnukovo, a low-cost
airline). The flight duration is 1.5 hours. The airport is located
within the city, served by trolleybuses No. 2, 9, 15, bus No. 15 and
minibus No. 50; The cost of a taxi to the airport is about 200 rubles.
By train
2 Railway station, Privokzalnaya st., 1.
The
Cheboksary railway station is the final one and has a direct railway
connection only with Moscow and
St. Petersburg. In the summer season,
trains (trailer cars) are scheduled to Adler and
Novorossiysk. The
station is located next to the bus station, and many city trolleybuses
depart from the square in front of the railway station. You can get to
the city center along Lenin Avenue, which turns into Karl Marx Street.
From Moscow: by long-distance train. Branded train No. 53/54
Cheboksary-Moscow departs daily in the evening from the Kazansky railway
station in Moscow and arrives in Cheboksary in the morning, on the way
about 13 hours. An additional train is scheduled for the holidays and
the vacation period, which, however, runs on a less convenient schedule.
From St. Petersburg: by long-distance train. Train No. 103 (trailer
cars) Cheboksary-St. Petersburg departs from the Moscow railway station
in St. Petersburg every two days with a break on the third. During the
summer period (July, August) departures are daily. Travel time is 24
hours.
In other cases, long-distance trains should go to the Kanash
railway station, from where buses and minibuses (1-1.5 hours) and
suburban diesel trains (2.5 hours) go to Cheboksary.
By car
From Moscow: along the M7 Volga highway, 650 km.
From Nizhny
Novgorod: along the M7 Volga highway, 240 km.
From
Ulyanovsk: along
the M7 Volga highway, 246 km.
From Yoshkar-Ola: along the A119 Vyatka
highway, 100 km.
From Kazan: along the M7 Volga highway, 166 km, or
along the A297 and A119 Vyatka highways.
By bus
There are two
bus stations and three more bus stations in Cheboksary, from which buses
depart on intercity and suburban routes:
3 Central bus station, 78
Mira Ave. is located behind the railway station (it is necessary to
cross the tracks through the underpass, which is located 200 meters to
the right of the railway station building). All buses and fixed-route
taxis departing from the bus station, following interregional routes,
and the vast majority of intra-republican bus routes. Tickets can be
bought at the box office of the bus station. In addition to official
buses, there are private buses to Moscow, tickets for which are sold
directly on the bus. It is possible to buy a return ticket for the same
flight (in case of a one-day stay in Moscow). The last bus to Moscow
leaves at 20:20. Free Wi-Fi is declared in the bus station building.
4 Suburban bus station. is located on the forecourt on the right side
of the railway station building. Bus routes depart from the bus station
to nearby settlements, including regional centers located at a short
distance from the city.
5 Suburban bus station. is located on the
station square to the left of the railway station building. From the bus
station, a few flights depart to nearby settlements that are not of
interest to the traveler.
6 Novoselskaya bus station (bus stop
"Grove"). Until recently, it was located on Maxim Gorky Avenue, 21. Now
it does not work. The role of the bus station is performed by a stop at
the exit from the Yadrinsky highway to the ring. From there, buses and
minibuses leave for nearby towns and villages.
7 Novoyuzhnaya bus
station, st. Proletarskaya, 18. Located in the Novo-Yuzhny district.
Buses leave from the bus station on routes serving nearby villages to
the south and east of the city.
The satellite town of
Novocheboksarsk can be reached by fixed-route taxis from almost any part
of Cheboksary.
You can get to Cheboksary:
From Moscow: public
buses depart from the Central Bus Station (Shchelkovskaya metro
station). The bus leaves daily at 18:50. Tickets can be purchased in
advance (45 days in advance) at the box office of the bus station. In
addition to public buses, there are a large number of private buses
departing from different places: the Izmailovo hotel complex
(Partizanskaya metro station), from Cherkizovskaya metro station,
Kazansky railway station (Komsomolskaya metro station). The last bus
leaves at 20.00. Travel time is 10 hours, but may unpredictably increase
due to traffic jams in Moscow and the Moscow suburbs.
From Nizhny
Novgorod: buses to Cheboksary depart from the bus station in Nizhny
Novgorod (Lyadova square). Daily between the cities runs 8-10 buses,
including passing (Ivanovo). The last bus leaves at 17:00. Travel time
is 5-6 hours.
From Kazan: Buses to Cheboksary depart from the Kazan
bus station. More than 10 buses run daily between the cities. The last
bus leaves at 19:00. Travel time is 3-4 hours.
From other cities:
Cheboksary is connected by bus routes with all the cities of Chuvashia
and with most of the regional centers of the European part of Russia.
On the ship
In summer, high-speed boats connect Cheboksary with
Kazan (3 hours on the way, daily, 2 trips a day) and Nizhny Novgorod
(5.5 hours on the way, one trip on Saturdays and Sundays). Tickets for
the first of these routes can be bought online on the website of the
Cheboksary River Port, for the second - on the website of the Vodolet-NN
company. Tickets for these routes are recommended to buy well in
advance. There are also river buses that connect Cheboksary with objects
on the left bank of the Volga (villages, camp sites and sanatoriums). In
addition, the city can be visited during a river cruise.
8 River
station.
Public transport
The transport system of Cheboksary
is represented by trolleybuses and buses, as well as fixed-route taxis.
The trolleybus network is well developed, the traffic interval is
small. Most trolleybus routes pass through the main thoroughfares of the
city, and about half have a final stop at the station square, which
allows you to get from there to almost any part of Cheboksary. The
trolleybus fleet is sometimes updated. Tickets are sold by the
conductor. Payment is accepted in cash or by bank card, there are travel
and transport cards. Stops are announced in two languages: Russian and
Chuvash.
The bus network, despite the large number of routes, was
in a more difficult situation before the reform: the number of buses was
smaller and they ran less frequently. After the transport reform carried
out several years ago, the bus network has developed to the level of a
trolleybus, and the fleet has been completely renovated. Tickets are
sometimes sold by the conductor, but more often by the driver, and
therefore the entrance to the buses is allowed only through the front
door. Payment on buses is also accepted in cash or by bank card, travel
cards and transport cards are accepted.
Before the reform, a
network of fixed-route taxis owned by private entrepreneurs was well
developed, but now their number is rapidly declining. On the minibus,
unlike trolleybuses, it was possible to get to any place, without
transfers and quickly, so it was the most popular form of transport for
Cheboksary residents, but now the preference is more often given to the
bus. The fare is slightly higher than the cost of public transport.
Payment in fixed-route taxis is accepted by the driver in cash and
credit cards; minibuses accept standing passengers, are often
overcrowded, stop at stops only at the verbal request of passengers. At
the same time, the names of stops are often not announced, and visual
orientation (especially in winter) is difficult, therefore, in case of
uncertainty, it is recommended to use other public transport.
To
view the city from the window of a trolleybus, route No. 4 is useful,
which runs from the railway station along the main street of the city
and Moskovsky Prospekt to the new educational buildings of the Chuvash
State University, which are located near the entrance from Moscow and
were built in the 80s. Public transport operates from 5:30 am and ends
at 11 pm. The rest of the time it is recommended to use taxi services.
You can choose the best route on the Rusavtobus website.
Taxi
The city has many companies that provide private transportation around
the city, including freight. The fare within one district of the city is
100 rubles, the fare between two nearby districts will cost you 150
rubles, and to get to a remote part of the city through the district,
you need to pay 200 rubles (all prices are as of October 2015).
United taxi service. ☎ +7 (8352) 22-22-22. Taxi and cargo taxi
TAXIplus (Night taxi). ✉ ☎ +7 (8352) 54-54-54 (Cheboksary), +7 (8352)
67-67-67. Economy class taxi, cargo taxi, tow truck
Prestige. ☎ +7
(8352) 45-45-44, +7 (8352) 45-44-44.
Voyage. ☎ +7 (8352) 41-41-41, +7
(8352) 77-77-77, +7 (8352) 74-74-74. Cheboksary taxi. ☎ +7 (8352)
45-00-00.
Autolady. ☎ +7 (8352) 68-01-02. Taxi with female drivers.
The information is outdated, so the above taxis may no longer work. In
addition, Yandex.Taxi and Uber are present in the city, so it is
recommended to use them in order to avoid any difficulties.
Cheboksary is one of the most comfortable cities in Russia. The city is recommended to visit in the summer, from mid-April to mid-October. A large number of forests and parks gives it a special flavor. Both in official and informal communication, the second name often slips - “The Pearl of the Volga Region”. Although the construction of the Cheboksary hydroelectric power station led to the flooding of part of the historical center, some old buildings have survived, including pre-revolutionary buildings along Konstantin Ivanov Street.
Cheboksary has long been famous for the abundance of
churches, but over time, most of them were lost. Currently, only a few
historical temples have survived. As in many cities of the Volga region,
the temples are located in a heap, in close proximity to each other.
1 Vvedensky Cathedral, st. K. Ivanova, 21. The five-domed cathedral
is the oldest temple and the only surviving monument of the 17th century
in the territory of Chuvashia. The temple was founded by decree of Ivan
the Terrible in 1555. Very little information about the old decoration
of the temple and its appearance has been preserved. The building was
wooden, so the fire of 1649, which destroyed almost the entire city, did
not spare it either. The current stone cathedral was built in 1657.
During its existence, the building was repeatedly repaired, but retained
its original appearance almost unchanged. The hipped bell tower,
standing separately from the building, was also repaired many times, but
it is quite authentic. Frescoes created by local artists in accordance
with national traditions have been preserved in the interior of the
cathedral. The oldest part of the murals dates back to the 17th century.
It is currently an active temple. Some of the services are conducted in
the Chuvash language.
2 Holy Trinity Monastery, st. K. Ivanova, 1A.
Founded in 1566 by decree of Ivan the Terrible for missionary purposes:
to preach Orthodoxy among the peoples of the Volga region. During the
Time of Troubles, in 1609 it was burned down and devastated. The
existing architectural ensemble of the monastery was formed in the 18th
century. It includes the Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity (1748),
the Church of the Tolga Mother of God (1713) and the small church of St.
Great Martyr Theodore Stratilates (1759), as well as picturesque walls
and towers. Above the eastern wall, the bell tower, destroyed in Soviet
times, has been restored. A local shrine is kept in the Tolgskaya
church: a carved icon-sculpture of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
According to legend, in ancient times she herself sailed to Cheboksary
along the Volga. The veneration of this image was widespread not only
among the Orthodox, but also among the pagans. Even unbaptized Chuvash
and Mari from many surrounding places came to "sue Nikolai Ugodnik": it
was believed that it was impossible to tell a lie in front of this icon
and not fall down dead.
3 Church of the Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin, st. K. Ivanova, 1B. Founded in 1763, it was built at the expense
of the merchant Dryablov. The building has changed a lot over time. In
Soviet times, the two-tiered bell tower was demolished, and in the 1980s
the church fell into a flood zone, due to which the former three-altar
building became a single-altar building. For a certain period of time,
the local history museum was located in the church. With the
construction of a dam separating the artificial bay and the Volga
embankment, the restoration of the church began. The causeway road,
known as the "Temple Road", allows you to enjoy the scenery of the
historic center on one side and the view of the new river port on the
other. The church is visible from all places in the bay and is present
in most photographs of Cheboksary.
4 Church of Michael the Archangel,
st. K. Ivanova, 13. Built in 1702. It is located on the territory where
the Cheboksary Kremlin used to be, not far from the Vvedensky Cathedral.
The temple is very simply decorated. The chapel of the Nativity of the
Virgin was lost during restoration in the 20th century. In Soviet times,
it was closed and used as a book depository. Now the church is active.
5 Resurrection Church, st. Kalinina, 1. Built in 1758. Throughout its
history, it has been dismantled and restored many times. Located next to
the river port at the very beginning of the Road to the Temple. Quite a
characteristic building for its time. Restored in connection with the
radical restructuring of the Cheboksary port.
6 Spaso-Preobrazhensky
convent, st. 1st Communal Sloboda, 32. It is located at the southern tip
of the bay on a hill known as Vladimirskaya Gorka. Initially, this place
was a pier, to which merchant ships rose. In 1716, the Sretensky
Monastery was founded here, but soon it was closed, and the place, which
was in ruins, became known as the Vladimir Hermitage, after the church
of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God located here. In 1899, the
temple was restored under the name of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Convent.
In Soviet times it was closed. Now a functioning monastery, its
necropolis is considered the oldest in the city. In particular, on its
territory there is a chapel-tomb of the Efremovs, a well-known urban
merchant dynasty.
7 Church of St. John of Kronstadt, st. Communal
Sloboda, 28A. The former tomb of the merchants Efremov. It is located on
Vladimirskaya Hill next to the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. Built in
1910-1911, but looks typical of 19th century architecture with columns
and porticos. In 1998-2000 restored. The current church.
In
addition to the preservation and restoration of old churches, the city
is actively building new ones. Most of them are faceless and
uninteresting, but two deserve attention:
8 Church-chapel of the
Nativity of Christ, pl. Republic. On June 24, 1999, on Republic Day, on
the site of the previously destroyed church, the President of Chuvashia
N. Fedorov, Metropolitan Varnava of Cheboksary and Chuvashia and Moscow
Mayor Y. Luzhkov laid the first stone in the foundation of the temple. A
year later, the temple opened its doors to parishioners. From an
architectural point of view, it is of no interest, but its location is
very interesting: opposite the building of the Government of Chuvashia,
where there is also a monument to Lenin, emerging from the lilac bushes
with his back to the administration. The direction of movement of the
leader of the proletariat coincides with the location of the entrance to
this chapel.
9 "Intercession-Tatianinsky Cathedral", st. M. Pavlova,
17. ☎ +7 (8352) 43-97-80. Located in the North-Western region of
Cheboksary on the outskirts of the grove. Guzovsky. The youngest and,
perhaps, the most beautiful of the new temples of the city. The
twelve-domed sky-blue cathedral was built in the Byzantine style with a
smoothly curved colonnade. The foundation stone was consecrated by
Patriarch Alexy II in 2001, and the temple itself - in 2006.
Few ancient civilian objects have been preserved,
among which there are interesting houses. Some historical buildings have
been recreated. The main interest is the pre-revolutionary development
of K. Ivanov Street and Merchant Efremov Boulevard. The latter is a
continuation of K. Marx Street and leads to Red Square and the Gulf. The
street is pedestrian, among the people, as always in such cases, they
call it "Cheboksary Arbat".
Also in the center you can find a
number of buildings built in the 1930s, designed at the junction of late
constructivism and early steelianism and looking quite nice. With due
care, you can also find several buildings in the Art Nouveau style,
however, very unpretentious in terms of architecture.
10 House of
the merchant Zeleyshchikov (Kadomtsev's house), st. Sespelya, 17. The
first stone civil building in the city was built in the last quarter of
the 17th century. In Soviet times, it was destroyed, but in the late
1990s it was recreated based on the surviving photographs and drawings.
Now it is in private ownership. There is nothing authentic in this
house, but it looks unusual, combining the features of Baroque and Old
Russian architecture, and is located very picturesquely, so it is
willingly shown to tourists.
11 Solovtsov House, st. K. Ivanova, 1B
(behind the Holy Trinity Monastery). The building was built in the
middle of the 18th century and first belonged to the wealthy merchant
Kotelnikov, and then passed to the retired captain Solovtsov, who
married his daughter. Catherine II stayed in this house while sailing
along the Volga. Now the building houses the Cheboksary Art School.
12 House of merchant Efremov, st. K. Vorobyov, 10. The building was
built at the beginning of the 20th century and was one of several houses
that belonged to the rich merchant family of the Efremovs. Now this
building houses the Chuvash National Congress. Other former houses of
the Efremovs are now mainly used for museum and exhibition purposes (an
art gallery, a beer museum, etc.).
13 Building of the Agricultural
Academy, st. K. Marx, 29. The building was built in the 1950s. At the
beginning of the 21st century, a tower was added, crowned with the
national symbol "Tree of Life".
14 Rodina cinema building, st. K.
Ivanova, 9. The first sound cinema of the city. The constructivist
building was built in 1933, but in the 1950s it was significantly
rebuilt in the Stalinist neoclassical style. Now it is used as an
exhibition hall "Chuvashia-EXPO".
15 Monument to the Patron Mother.
Located on the coast of the Gulf. Installed in 2003, it is a bronze
figure of an outstretched hand of a woman in national dress and
symbolizes the patroness of the Chuvash people. edit
City Day is traditionally celebrated on the third Sunday of August. On this day, traditionally the central street of the city (Lenin St. - K. Marx St.) becomes a pedestrian street, a lot of entertainment events are arranged on the lawns and alleys along it: performances, processions, attractions, skating, competitions and so on. June 24 marks Republic Day, the day the Chuvash ASSR was founded in 1920. On the days of all-Russian holidays in Cheboksary, long and varied fireworks are given, produced at one of the leading enterprises in the industry - PO im. V. I. Chapaev. The fireworks of this enterprise can be bought in specialized stores "Fireworks", but their price is as high as in other cities. When walking, you need to know that in Cheboksary it is not customary to scatter garbage; for him, at every bus stop, every porch of the store, near every bench and just like that, at a distance of several tens of meters from each other, urns were installed.
1 Central Park of Culture and Leisure. It is located
in the Lacreevsky forest, so most of the inhabitants simply call it
Lacreevsky forest. The entrance to the park is located at the beginning
of Cosmonaut Nikolaev Street.
2 Park im. 500th anniversary of
Cheboksary (ethnocomplex "Amazonia"). It is located in the North-Western
district of the city, the territory of the park is limited by Moskovsky
Prospekt, Guzovsky and Afanasyev Streets and Moskovsky Embankment. On
the territory of the park there are attractions, a monument "Unity of
Religions" has been erected. Since 2014, a large-scale reconstruction
program has begun in the park, which is almost completed by 2020.
3
Victory Memorial Park. It is located on a high bank above the river
port. There is also a memorial of Military Glory and the Eternal Flame,
as well as an open-air exhibition of military equipment. The memorial
offers a good view of the city, especially its central part. Before the
construction of the skyscraper next to the river port, the memorial
offered a good view of the Volga, which became blocked after the
construction of the 25-storey building, for which the building is often
criticized.
4 Square im. Chapaev. Located at the end of Lenin street
next to the railway station. This is a museum complex with a monument to
V.I. Chapaev and the museum of V.I. Chapaev, which includes a log house
where the legendary division commander was born.
5 Park im. A.G.
Nikolaev. It is located at the intersection of the street of the same
name with Engels street. Park for children, there are attractions on the
territory. In winter, an exhibition of ice sculptures is held. Part of
the territory is occupied by the only small zoo in the city.
6 Alley
of Lovers. It runs parallel to K. Ivanov Street along the high part of
the Volga embankment. Decorated with pergolas-rotundas in the Stalinist
style. By virtue of the name, it is often painted with various
characteristic inscriptions.
7 Chuvash National Museum, Red Square, 5. Tue, Wed,
Fri-Sun, from 10:00 to 18:00; Thu from 12:00 to 20:00. The former museum
of local lore is located in a reconstructed building of the 19th
century. The main museum of Chuvashia. Expositions on the history of the
republic and the city, national costumes and other household items. Part
of the museum is dedicated to the nature of Chuvashia.
8 Chuvash
State Art Museum, st. Kalinina, 60. ✉ ☎ +7 (8352) 63-60-09. Tue-Sun,
from 10:00 to 18:00. The largest cultural center of the Chuvash
Republic. The museum has a significant collection of works of domestic
and foreign art. Has several branches.
9 Art Gallery, st. K. Ivanova,
4 (next to the Church of Michael the Archangel). ☎ +7 (8352) 58-57-01.
Tue-Sun, from 9:00 to 17:00. Tickets: full - 50 rubles, for children,
students, pensioners - 15 rubles, organized groups - 10 rubles. It
occupies the former merchant mansion of the merchant Efremov built in
1911. Branch of the Art Museum. The permanent exposition of the gallery
contains monuments of icon painting, paintings by I. Levitan, V.
Surikov, I. Repin, V. Serov, B. Kustodiev, K. Petrov-Vodkin and other
famous Russian and foreign artists.
10 Center for Contemporary Art,
Presidential Boulevard, 1/15. ☎ +7 (8352) 58-18-77. Tue-Fri from 10:00
to 18:00, Sat-Sun from 10:00 to 17:00. Tickets: full - 40 rubles, for
children, students, pensioners - 20 rubles, excursion services - 10
rubles. Branch of the Art Museum. Temporary exhibitions are held here -
republican, city, Union of Artists of the Chechen Republic.
11
Geological Museum, K. Efremov Boulevard, 12. ☎ +7 (8352) 62-84-06.
Tue-Sat from 10:00 to 16:00. Museum dedicated to the geological
structure of the rocks on which Chuvashia is located.
12 Fire and
technical exhibition, st. K. Marx, 37 (near Republic Square). ☎ +7
(8352) 62-16-56. Mon-Fri from 8:00 to 17:00. Tells about the history of
the fire department in the city. Also there is an interesting exhibit,
which is a slice of soil under the city. Interspersed layers of charred
wood and earth illustrate well the frequent fires in Cheboksary.
13 Museum of V.I. Chapaev Wikidata Element, 46A Lenin Ave. ☎ +7 (8352)
56-20-61. Tue-Sun from 10:00 to 17:00. Museum dedicated to the national
hero of Chuvashia Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev, who was born in a village
near Cheboksary (now located within the city limits). In addition to the
museum itself, the complex includes a log hut in which Chapaev was born
(items of peasant life are exhibited in it), and a monument to Chapaev.
14 Museum of the History of Brewing (Beer Museum), Merchant Efremov
Boulevard, 6 (in the courtyard of building 10). ☎ +7 (8352) 62-06-87,
62-02-44. Daily from 10:00 to 20:00, bar - until 23:00. Museum complex
dedicated to the main national drink of Chuvashia - beer. The exposition
"History of world brewing" is open. Tour participants are offered a
tasting of Chuvash village unfiltered and unpasteurized beer. There is a
tasting room located on the first floor of the museum. In addition to
the museum, the complex includes several banquet halls with different
stylistic design (Mediterranean, ancient, Russian and Chuvash).
15 Museum of Tractor History , Mira Ave., 1. ☎ +7 (8352) 63-22-94.
Tue-Fri from 10:00 to 18:00, Sat-Sun from 10:00 to 17:00, closed on Mon,
the ticket office closes one hour before the exposition. The only museum
of tractor building in Russia. The museum was created on the initiative
of the Tractor Plants concern and contains a good collection of tractors
from different periods in open and closed areas.
16 Russian Drama Theatre, st. Gagarina, 14. ☎ +7
(8352) 56-22-96, 56-24-51, 56-24-89.
17 Chuvash Drama Theatre, Red
Square, 7. ☎ +7 (8352) 62-56-95, 62-13-56, 62-09-76, 62-32-18. The
theater, which staged the works of Chuvash playwrights and writers,
including in the Chuvash language.
18 Chuvash State Opera and Ballet
Theatre, Moskovsky pr., 1. ☎ +7 (8352) 58-00-96, 58-67-70, 45-67-70. The
building is remarkable in itself: the people called it the "elevator"
due to some similarities. Musical performances: operas, operettas,
ballet, children's musical performances. It is often used as a venue for
the finals of beauty contests and other cultural events in the city.
19 Chuvash Theater for Young Spectators, Egersky Boulevard, 36. ☎ +7
(8352) 51-85-40, 52-15-28.
20 Chuvash State Puppet Theatre,
Presidential Boulevard, 15. ☎ +7 (8352) 62-38-40, 62-56-95, 62-13-56.
12 Mir-Luxor, Lenin Ave., 23. ☎ +7 (8352) 56-45-08,
62-38-15, 62-30-86. The first cinema in the city, converted to modern
standards. Two halls.
12 Volzhsky, Ave. Maxim Gorky, 10 building 1. ☎
8 (835) 223-77-75. Seven rooms. Located in the shopping mall "Volzhsky".
12 KinoKaskad, Presidential Boulevard, 20. ☎ +7 (8352) 22-63-66.
Five-hall multiplex, located in the shopping center "Kaskad" on the 4th
floor.
12 Cinema 5, I. Yakovlev Ave., 4B. ☎ +7 (8352) 22-33-00.
8-screen cinema in the MTV center on the 5th floor.
12 Three
penguins, st. Linen. Komsomol, 21A. ☎ 8 (835) 255-51-11. 7-screen cinema
in the mall "Madagascar".
21 Philharmonic, Presidential Boulevard, 9. ☎ +7 (8352) 62-27-27, 62-11-05. As of 2020, it does not work, as it is under reconstruction.
Most of the all-Russian trade brands operate in the city: M-Video, Perekrestok, Sportmaster, Kopeyka, Eldorado, Karusel, Lenta, Metro Cash & Carry and others. Look for them in hypermarkets and shopping centers.
Detsky Mir, Lenin Ave., 26 (opposite the Mir-Luksor
cinema). ☎ +7 (8352) 62-26-72. from 08:00 to 20:00.
Central
Department Store (TSUM), st. K. Marx, 47 (near the hotel "Chuvashia"). ☎
+7 (8352) 62-42-73. from 09:00 to 21:00 (Mon-Sat), from 10:00 to 20:00
(Sun).
Shupashkar department store, Traktorostroiteley Ave., 1 (next
to McDonald's). ✉ ☎ +7 (8352) 28-86-84. from 09:00 to 20:00.
Hypermarket "Karusel", Presidential Boulevard, 23 (in
the city center, next to the Maud House). ☎ +7 (8352) 24-03-08. from
07:00 to 23:30. A large hypermarket, on the ground floor of which there
is a Karusel supermarket. On the second floor is "M-Video"
Trading
and entertainment complex "MTV-Center", I. Yakovlev Ave., 4A-B
(relatively close to the railway station). ☎ +7 (8352) 66-46-02. from
10:00 to 20:00. A shopping complex that offers a wide range of goods.
Shopping center "Mega-Mall", st. Kalinina, 105A (in one of the former
buildings of the hosiery factory, next to the Spartak stadium). ☎ +7
(8352) 38-70-11. from 09:00 to 21:00 (Mon-Sat), from 09:00 to 20:00
(Sun). A large shopping center, which has a car dealership, and on the
second floor there is an Eldorado. The food court is on the first floor.
Shopping and entertainment complex "Kaskad-City", Presidential
Boulevard, 20 (Opposite shopping mall "Karusel"). ☎ +7 (8352) 48-41-23.
It was opened in autumn 2010 and is the largest in the republic.
Shopping complex "Crossroads".
Leningradskaya st., 22 (in the city
center, next to McDonald's and opposite the Fashion House). ☎ +7 (8352)
24-03-25. around the clock. It is located in the former building of
school No. 1, to which additional premises are attached, which are
sharply disharmonious with the style of the building.
Mira Ave., 82B.
☎ +7 (8352) 28-86-05. around the clock.
Maxim Gorky Ave., 10 building
1. Around the clock. Located in the shopping center "Volzhsky".
Hypermarket "Lenta", Prospekt Traktorostroiteley.
Clothing market "Fair", st. Gladkova, 10 (located at
the end of the Presidential Boulevard). ☎ +7 (8352) 55-08-43. from 09:00
to 18:00, the first Monday of the month is a sanitary day. Central
clothing market of the city.
Central food market, st. Gagarin, 1
(near the monument to Gagarin). ☎ +7 (8352) 55-54-48 (meat pavilion),
56-39-32 (vegetable pavilion). from 10:00 to 18:00.
Fair "Severnaya",
Moskovsky pr., 40A. ☎ +7 (8352) 22-13-02.
Shupashkar market, st.
324th Rifle Division, 22 (in the Novoyuzhny district of the city). ☎ +7
(8352) 52-65-13.
National cuisine
The national cuisine of Chuvashia
in many ways resembles the Tatar one. Of the variety of dishes, it is
worth noting khuplu (pie with pork and potatoes), kaka y-shurpi (offal
soup) and tultarmash (blood sausage). However, there are few restaurants
and cafes serving national dishes in the city. Beer has been brewed in
the republic since ancient times, so the traditions of brewing are very
developed. In Cheboksary there is a brewery "Bouquet of Chuvashia", and
in Novocheboksarsk there is another one, now owned by the company "Sun
Inbev". The most interesting products are "Bouquet of Chuvashia", which
are distinguished by unusual tastes: Velvet (dark soft beer), Foamy
wheat (dense unfiltered), Live. Local kvass is produced under the same
brand Bouquet of Chuvashia.
The Akkond confectionery factory
operates in the city. The most delicious sweets are “Wonderful Bird”,
“Lady Day”, “Lady Night”, “Rulada”. The products of the factory can be
bought in company stores.
Cheap
Attention! The information in
this section is outdated and has not been updated for a long time.
Before you go to the cafe, check if it is now.
Cafe "Center", st.
K. Marx, 47A (in the building of the House of Trade). ☎ +7 (8352)
62-34-87. from 08-00 to 20-00. Located near the city center. Delicious
food at low prices and cheap beer.
Food court shopping center "Mega
Mall", st. Kalinina, 105A (opposite the stadium "Spartak"). from 09:00
to 21:00 (Mon-Sat), from 09:00 to 20:00 (Sun). Food court on the ground
floor of the mall. There are such establishments as DonDonuts,
YahooSushi, Burger King, etc.
Cafe "Teley". From 8:00 to 23:00. Cafe
at the New Bus Station.
McDonald's. Worldwide network of fast
food restaurants. There are two restaurants in Cheboksary:
Presidential Boulevard, 5/17 (in the city center, opposite the Maud
House). ☎ +7 (8352) 62-86-06. from 9:00 to 23:00. Located in the heart
of the city in front of the bay. Free Wi-Fi, there is McCafe.
pr.
Traktorostroiteley, 1/34 bldg. 1. ☎ +7 (8352) 50-05-13, 50-05-43. from
09:00 to 20:00. It is located in the Novoyuzhny district of the city
next to the Shupashkar department store.
Cafe "Sail". A chain of
self-service cafes. Cozy atmosphere inside, delicious and inexpensive
food - similar to the Mu-Mu network in Moscow. They accept payment by
Visa and MasterCard. Located at the following addresses:
st.
Gagarina, 35B (opposite the hotel "Russia"). ☎ +7 (8352) 28-29-63. from
8:00 to 23:00.
Lenin Ave., 24 (next to the department store
"Children's World"). ☎ +7 (8352) 62-34-85. from 8:00 to 23:00.
M.
Gorky Ave., 34A (in the North-Western district of the city, a block from
the Cooperative Institute). ☎ +7 (8352) 43-21-91. from 8:00 to 23:00.
Pizza Nick. Chain pizzeria, the first in the city. Cozy but a bit
cramped environment inside; The pizza is different but tasty. They
accept payment by Visa and MasterCard. Located at: edit
Presidential
Boulevard, 9 (in the building of the Philharmonic Society, opposite
McDonald's). ☎ +7 (8352) 62-26-91. from 10:00 to 22:00.
Moskovsky
pr., 12 (opposite the main office of Sberbank, next to the building of
the Opera and Ballet Theatre). ☎ +7 (8352) 58-74-13. from 10:00 to
22:00.
st. Elmenya, 12 (in the South-Western district of the city,
next to the Institute of Culture). from 10:00 to 22:00.
Cafe
"Universitetskoe", Moskovsky Prospekt, 17 (next to the Faculty of
Economics of the Chechen State University). from 09:00 to 22:00.
Inexpensive but very tasty self-service cafe. If you want to eat
comfortably, then go to the first floor, to the Small Hall, and if you
want to eat quickly, then to the second.
Average cost
Sushi bar "Hollywood", 23 Lenin Ave.
(on the first floor of the Mir-Luksor cinema). ☎ +7 (8352) 62-49-60.
from 11:00 to 24:00. Sushi bar in the cinema building. There is Wi-Fi.
Grill-bar "Rabbit hole", st. K. Vorobyov, 5 (opposite the National
Congress). ☎ +7 (8352) 62-43-22. from 10:00 to 02:00 (Sun-Wed), from
11:00 to 05:00 (Thurs-Sat). An establishment where you can taste rabbit
meat dishes.
Restaurant "Efrem Khusa", bul. K. Efremova, 8 (next to
the beer museum). ☎ +7 (8352) 62-73-79. from 10:00 to 23:00. It is
located in the very center of the city on the Arbat. Offers dishes of
national cuisine. Small room and delicious food.
Cafe BarDuck
(Bardak), st. Comp. Sparrows, 16 (next to the Maud House). ☎ +7 (8352)
62-06-88. from 11:00 to 24:00. Cafe-bar in the city center. Broadcasting
of sports events and draft beer.
Bar "Camelot", st. Shevchenko, 27
(next to the central collective farm market). ☎ +7 (8352) 56-00-82. Live
music. Japanese, European and Georgian cuisine. On Friday and Saturday
entrance - 50 rubles.
Italian cafe, st. Lenina, 29 (corner of Gagarin
street). Photos of Italian artists hang in the hall, jazz is playing.
Expensive
Cafe "Damn Komov", Lenin Ave., 19 (next to the square
of the National Library). ☎ +7 (8352) 62-43-76. from 08:00 to 23:00
(Mon-Fri), from 09:00 to 23:00 (Sat-Sun). European cuisine. There is
Wi-Fi. They accept payment by Visa and MasterCard.
Restaurant-brewery
"Manhattan", pl. Rechnikov, 5 (New river port). ☎ +7 (8352) 58-30-10,
58-33-00. from 18:00 to 05:00. A restaurant that brews its own live
beer. In addition, one of the halls hosts concerts of local rock bands
and jazz bands, which are paid separately. They accept payment by Visa
and MasterCard.
Hungarian bar "Magyar", Presidential Boulevard, 11
(next to the Philharmonic and the Puppet Theatre). ☎ +7 (8352) 62-88-47.
from 11:00 to 23:00. Restaurant of national Hungarian cuisine. Small
cozy bar with Hungarian music.
Mexican restaurant "Chili", 32 Lenin
Ave. (crossroads of Gagarin St. and Lenin Ave., opposite the monument to
Gagarin). ☎ +7 (8352) 57-39-75. from 12:00 to 01:00 (Sun-Thurs), from
12:00 to 03:00 (Fri-Sat). Mexican cuisine restaurant. Two rooms and an
unusual interior. Every Sunday at 19:00 there is a film show. There is
Wi-Fi. They accept payment by Visa and MasterCard.
Italian restaurant
"Al dente", Lenina avenue, 2 (in the hotel building). ☎ +7 (8352)
39-97-99, 62-27-36. from 07:00 to 02:00.
Restaurant "Akatuy",
Skladskoy proezd, 1 (next to the square of the 50th anniversary of the
Komsomol and opposite the Aggregate Plant). ☎ +7 (8352) 63-62-16. from
12:00 to 00:00. Entertainment complex together with a bowling alley.
Live music. Entrance - 50 rubles.
Entertainment center Mega Galaxy (Galaktika), st. 50
years of October, 13. ☎ +7 (8352) 28-33-01, 63-24-74 (bowling). from
10:00 to 06:00. Entertainment complex with bowling (4 lanes), billiards,
bar. 4 dance floors.
Club "Zazhigalka", Rechnikov Square, 5 (in the
complex of buildings of the Cheboksary river port). ☎ +7 (8352)
58-53-09. Russian network of striptease clubs.
The information has not been updated for a long time.
Before you go to the hotel, look on the Internet to see if it is
available.
Cheap
Hotel "Sport", st. Nikolaev, 21 (from the
railway station: trolleybuses No. 1, 4, 12, 11, 14 to the stop "Nikolaev
St.", fixed-route taxis No. 35, 41, 31, 36 to the same stop. Then from
the monument to Nikolaev, go deeper and follow along the park named
after Nikolaev. Relatively close to the center. If you wish, you can
walk on foot). ✉ ☎ +7 (8352) 55-24-89, fax: +7 (8352) 55-24-77. Single
room: from 1100 rubles, double and triple rooms: from 950 rubles per bed
(2014). Soviet type hotel. The rooms have been renovated. Some of the
rooms have a shared bathroom. On the ground floor of the hotel there is
a cafe "Ellada", where breakfast is served (the cost of breakfast may be
included in the cost of living for some rooms). There is a sauna for 8
people. There is parking next to the hotel.
Hotel "Zarya", st.
Hevesskaya, 34 (corner of Eger Boulevard). ☎ +7-8352-637630. The hotel
is located on the first floor of a residential building, 400 meters from
the bus station. The rooms have a refrigerator, kettle, free Wi-Fi
internet. Single room — 1100 rubles (2014)
Average cost
Mir
Hotel, Mira Ave., 42 (from the railway station, go to the bus station,
cross the road and drive 2 stops from the Bus Station to the Mir Hotel
stop: minibus No. 42, 51, 52, 54, 48, 45; trolleybuses: No. 5, 9, 15,
18. From the stop 250 meters on foot.). ✉ ☎ +7 (8352) 63-70-30,
63-28-79, 55-51-25, fax: +7 (8352) 63-70-30. Single room: from 1400
rubles; double room: from 1600 rubles; triple room: from 2200 rubles
(2011). A small hotel near the railway and bus stations. Breakfast is
included in the price. Each room is equipped with a kitchen or a kitchen
room. There is also a cafe offering room service. Works from 07:00 to
22:00.
Hotel "Russia", st. Gagarina, 34 (from the railway station:
trolley bus No. 6, 16; fixed-route taxi No. 57; bus No. 1, 220 to the
stop "Hotel Russia"; from the stop 200 meters on foot.). ✉ ☎ +7 (8352)
63-66-77, fax: +7 (8352) 63-01-80. Single room: from 1600 rubles; double
room: from 2300 rubles (2011). A Soviet-style hotel that has been
renovated to modern standards. The category of the hotel corresponds to
two stars. There is parking. There is a cafe on the ground floor. There
is also Wi-Fi. An interesting addition is the possibility of organizing
a sightseeing tour of the city for a large group of visitors - this
requires prior arrangement the day before the tour.
Hotel "Ibis",
Presidential Boulevard, 10B. Well-known network of inexpensive hotels.
Located in a new building.
Expensive
Hotel "DIS", st.
Tsivilskaya, 11 (From the railway station of the city of Cheboksary:
trolley bus No. 6, 16; fixed-route taxi No. 57; bus No. 1, 220 to the
stop). ✉ ☎ +7 (8352) 30-00-25, fax: +7 (8352) 63-42-80. Single room:
from 1900 rubles; double room: from 2360 rubles (2011). Some of the
hotel rooms have been refurbished to improve comfort. The hotel building
houses the Irish pub "Molly Mallone". The hotel also has a fitness
center, solarium and conference room.
Chuvashia Hotel, 2 Lenina pr.
15 to the stop "Hotel Chuvashia"). chuvashia@chebhotel.ru ✉ ☎ +7 (8352)
63-66-77, fax: +7 (8352) 62-45-67. Single room: from 1800 rubles; double
room: from 2500 rubles (2011). Three star hotel in the city center.
Located on the main highway of the city. There is a parking lot. The
rooms have Wi-Fi. On the first floor of the hotel there is an Italian
restaurant "Al Dente".
Atal Hotel, Presidential Boulevard, 13 (from
the railway station: trolleybus No. 1, 4, 12; fixed-route taxi No. 31,
36, 41, 44, 50, 59; buses No. 7, 23, 226, 232, 15 to the bus stop
Republic Square, from there walk 300 meters up Dzerzhinsky Street). ✉ ☎
+7 (8352) 62-25-01.62-45-22. Single and double rooms: from 2400 rubles
(2011). The hotel is located in the heart of the city near the Gulf. Was
reconstructed in 2007. There is a parking lot, a sauna and a conference
room. Breakfast can be included in the price. There is Wi-Fi. There is a
cafe at the hotel.
In addition, there is a 4-star Volga Premium Hotel
in the very center of the city, built in 2007.
Mail message
Postal code of the central post office
- 428000
Fixed telephone connection
Stationary telephones in
Cheboksary have six-digit numbers, in the international format - +7
(8352) XX-XX-XX, where +7 is the code of Russia, 8352 is the code of
Cheboksary.
Mobile telephony
Russian operators of the "big
three" cellular communications and local operators work in Cheboksary:
Beeline, st. Engels, 3, building 1. ☎ +7 (8352) 48-00-00, fax: +7 (8352)
48-06-28.
Megafon, st. Tekstilshchikov, 6. ☎ +7 (8352) 27-99-99.
MTS, st. K. Marx, 52A. ✉ ☎ 8 800 333 0890, fax: +7 (8352) 62-64-00.
Rostelecom, st. K. Ivanova, 83. ✉ ☎ +7 (8352) 58-07-70, fax: +7 (8352)
66-48-42.
You can top up your account or sign a new contract in one
of the many mobile phone stores on the streets of the city.
In
Cheboksary, there is an unofficial large city website
http://www.cheb.ru, which has a number of useful services: a city map
with photos of objects, a news agency, a real estate agency, a poster of
events and the largest forum.
The city is relatively safe. The city is equipped with a large number of surveillance cameras.
The name "Cheboksar" was assigned to the village in 1469 and came from the hydronym of the Cheboksarka River, at the mouth of which the city is located. But there is a quite plausible theory that the city was founded in 1236 and named Middle Suvar (Chuvash. Vata Săvar) At the beginning of the 20th century, the plural form Cheboksary was fixed in use.
As shown by archaeological excavations carried out by the
expedition of Professor V.F. Kakhovsky, an urban-type settlement
arose on the site of Cheboksary at the turn of the 13th-14th
centuries, when a Bulgaro-Chuvash settlement existed at this place.
On the large map of the Venetians Francis and Dominik Pitsigani
of 1367 and on the third map of the Katalinsky atlas of 1375, an
image of the city is drawn on the site of Cheboksary without
indicating the name. On the map of 1459, compiled by Fra Mauro for
the Portuguese king Alphonse V on the basis of earlier maps, the
city of Veda-Suar (Chuvash. Vată Săvar. Rus. Middle Suvar) is placed
on the site of Cheboksary.
Russian chronicles mention
Cheboksary as a well-known settlement on the Volga route in
connection with the campaign of governor Ivan Dmitrievich Run to
Kazan in May 1469: near Kazan at an early dawn ... ". According to
the geographer E. M. Pospelov, in written sources since 1469 the
name of the city is mentioned in the singular form - Cheboksary).
The first stage covers the period up to 1555. The ancient settlement
was located on a lowland at the mouth of Cheboksarka, on both of its
banks. No architectural monuments of that era have been preserved. The
buildings are known only from archaeological finds. The houses were
wooden. The flat bricks found by archaeologists were most likely used
only in the construction of underground and indoor ovens.
The
foundation of the wooden Kremlin in Cheboksary by the Russian
authorities marked the beginning of the second stage of the city's
development, which lasted until the middle of the 17th century. This is
also the stage of wooden architecture.
On July 23-24, 1555, the
archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsk Guriy, on his way to Kazan, stopped in
Cheboksary and, on behalf of Ivan IV, consecrated the place and
sprinkled the boundaries of the future Kremlin, and a linen church was
installed on the site of the Vvedensky Cathedral. In the same year, the
Kremlin was erected.
The Kremlin was cut down on the mountain,
where the streets of K. Ivanov and M. Sespel are currently located.
Inside the Kremlin there was a yard of the voivode with an orderly hut,
a treasury, a prison, an amanat yard, churches, houses of noblemen,
children of boyars, orderly servants, clergy and archers.
This
stage covers the time from the 1660s to the end of the 18th century and
is characterized by the development of stone architecture. After a major
fire that destroyed almost the entire city, a stone cathedral church was
erected - the Vvedensky Cathedral. This is the first monument of stone
architecture that has survived to this day. Later, three more stone
churches were built: Trinity with a bell tower, Tolga Mother of God with
a chapel of St. Nicholas, the gate of Theodore Stratilat.
Subsequent fires destroyed the Kremlin more than once, until in 1704 it
was decided not to rebuild it.
The construction of stone
buildings continued in the 18th century. At the expense of parishioners
and donations, many stone churches were built. A significant part of the
churches were built in the style of traditional tent architecture, with
high slender bell towers, some church buildings contained elements of
classicism, others - baroque. Many churches were decorated with
frescoes.
Merchants built two-story and one-story stone houses.
Stone churches and other buildings have largely transformed the city of
Cheboksary. After visiting the city, Catherine II wrote: "Cheboksary is
better for me than Nizhny Novgorod in everything."
After the fire
of 1773, the architectural service of the Kazan governor and the
Committee for the Construction of St. Petersburg and Moscow, on the
instructions of the Senate, prepared a plan for Cheboksary, according to
which the city was divided into three parts and the construction of
industrial enterprises along Cheboksarka was prohibited. The plan was
only partially implemented.
Eminent merchants built two-story
stone houses, in which the first floors were allocated for trading and
storage facilities, and the second for housing.
The fourth stage
covers the 19th - early 20th centuries.
A special commission
developed and approved in 1829 a new regular plan for Cheboksary. It
provided for the ordering and general geometrization of buildings, the
straightening of streets, partial typing and style regulation of
buildings. But this plan, to a large extent, was not implemented. The
southern quarters of the city, outlined by the plan, were not built up
at all. Due to the inconvenience of the terrain, some quarters were not
built up until the 20th century.
The construction of the city was
significantly influenced by the construction of the main transport
bridges of the city: Kalininsky Bridge - November 22, 1963, Moscow
Bridge - July 2, 1969, Gagarinsky Bridge - March 11, 1973, Sugutsky
Bridge - February 15, 1979, Oktyabrsky Bridge - November 5, 1985 .
The city of Cheboksary is located on the Volga Upland on the right
bank of the Cheboksary reservoir of the Volga River. The total length of
the city's borders is 83.3 km, of which 67.0 km along the upland part,
and 16.3 km along the Volga embankment.
The area of the city,
according to the General Plan, is 251 km². The lands of the water fund
account for 15.75% of the area of the municipality, and the lands of the
forest fund account for 24.8% of the total area of the urban district.
The city of Cheboksary is located in the MSK time zone (Moscow time). The offset of the applicable time from UTC is +3:00. According to the applied time and geographic longitude, the average solar noon in Cheboksary occurs at 11:51.
Geomorphologically, the territory of the city is located within the
Volga plateau. The absolute elevations of the surface vary from 53 to
205 m. The territory of Cheboksary is characterized by a significant
ravine-beam indentation. The planning structure of the city largely
follows the ravine relief of the territory, formed by the watersheds of
small rivers (Cheboksarka, Sugutka, Kaibulka, Trusikha, Kuvshinka,
Malaya Kuvshinka, Shalmas, Shupashkarka, Kukshum), which diverge like a
fan in the meridional direction. As a result, the main urban development
is located on the watersheds and forms wedge-shaped territories of
administrative districts, converging like an amphitheater near the Volga
Bay and expanding to the south (10 km inland) to the city limits.
The left bank of the Volga River valley is floodplain, during the
spring flood it is flooded. The right bank is high, steep, unflooded.
The hilly terrain predetermined the construction of bridges that
provide transport links between different parts of the city.
There are currently 5 main bridges in the city:
Gagarinsky,
Kalininsky,
Moscow,
October,
Sugutsky.
The climate of Cheboksary is temperate continental; formed under the
influence of cold Arctic and humid Atlantic air masses. The Asian
continent also influences the formation of the climate in Cheboksary.
Winter is frosty, snowy, lasting an average of five months. Summer
is warm, sometimes hot, lasting three months.
The transitional
periods of spring and autumn are characterized by unstable weather, a
sharp rise and decrease in air temperature, an increase in precipitation
in the second half of spring and a decrease in early autumn. Duration of
transitional periods: spring - one or two months, autumn - two months.
The territory of the city belongs to the zone of sufficient
moisture, but with an unstable regime, where evaporation often exceeds
the amount of precipitation, which causes drought. About 70% of
precipitation falls during the warm period of the year in the form of
rain of considerable intensity and is of a shower character.
Snow
cover forms in the third decade of November and lasts until April; in
mid-April, its complete disappearance is observed. The number of days
with snow cover averages 150-160 days.