[cheb-uhk-sahr-ee; Russ. chyi-buh-ksah-ri]  Cheboksary
(Чебокса́ры; Шупашкар, Shupashkar) is a city and the capital of
the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is a port on the Volga River.
Population: 453,700 (2004 est.); 440,621 (2002 Census); 419,592
(1989 Census). There is a satellite city Novocheboksarsk about
six kilometers east with a population of 125,857 (2002 Census).
Cheboksary is divided into three city districts: Kalininsky,
Leninsky, and Moscovsky.   Cheboksary was first mentioned in
written sources in 1469, when Russian soldiers passed here on
their way to the Khanate of Kazan. According to archaeological
excavations, however, the area had been populated considerably
earlier. The site hosted a Bulgarian city of Veda Suvar, which
appeared after Mongols defeated major Volga Bulgarian cities in
13th century. During Khanate period the town is believed by some
to have had a Turkic (probably, Tatar) name Çabaqsar and that
the current Russian and English names originate from it.
However, in maps by European