The capital of Chuvashia - Cheboksary is an incredibly green and beautiful city on the Volga . There are a lot of forests and small , cozy squares . The city can be conditionally divided into two parts - left and right . The left bank of the Volga is ideally suited for recreation of tourists and local residents, the right - the business center Cheboksary . Most of the attractions Cheboksary is located just the same but the right bank, as it is the historical part of the city . Alas, during the construction of the hydroelectric power station and the forced flooding of the area, a lot of cultural and historical monuments were lost . But in Cheboksary there was an artificial gulf that became a favorite place for all citizens .

You can start exploring the sights of Cheboksary from the boulevard of merchant Efremov - a pedestrian street in the city center. Local residents call the street Cheboksary Arbat. The boulevard is named after the famous Chuvash Prokopia Efremov, who not only managed to break out of the peasants into merchants, but also did much for his native city. At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, this street was called Blagoveshchenskaya, where the houses of Prokopia Efremovich and his relatives were located.

In the Victory memorial park, pay attention to the museum of military equipment. Here you can see T-34 tanks, MIG-19 aircraft and ZIS-3 guns.

In addition, be sure to check out the public garden. Chapaev. It is interesting that it is located on the site of the former village of Budaiki, where Vasily Ivanovich was born. The museum of Chapaev and the village house of his family are also located here

Do not forget about such Cheboksary attractions as the parks "Lakreevsky Forest" and the 500th anniversary of the city. The first is famous for its ancient oak trees, whose age is about 100 years on average. In addition, there are more than 30 species of birds. It is interesting that the park is divided into two zones. The first is noisy and crowded, the second is much quieter and quieter. In the park of the 500th anniversary of Cheboksary, you can ride a Ferris wheel and see the city from a bird's eye view.

The Chuvash State Opera and Ballet Theater can be called the main theater of the whole Chuvashia. In addition, it is rightfully considered the largest theater in Cheboksary. In total, about 340 people work here. The main repertoire is a classic. If you want to learn more about the history and culture of the Chuvashes, then it's worth visiting the local national museum. The exposition of the museum is impressive - more than 160 thousand exhibits, which will tell about the origin, culture and life of the Chuvashs.

The street of Sespelya, 17 is the house of the merchant Zeleischikova. This beautiful building was built in the late 17th century. His original owner was Alexei Kadomtsev, but everyone calls the house by the name of the last owner. The uniqueness of the building is that it is the first stone house of civil architecture. Similar buildings in the Volga region are no more.

The history of the building is very interesting . What was not there in it! At the beginning of the 20th century, the house was owned by the St. Nicholas Cathedral . A little later, in the 30s ., here was located the "Green Bazaar" - the food laboratory, and then the whole meat procurement base . At the end of the 70 the building was in a sorry state, its appearance was almost completely lost . But the architects did not allow the disappearance of this monument of architecture - in 1992 . it was restored in its original form according to the old drawings . Today the house of Zeleischikova belongs to a private person . Nevertheless, the building can be called one of the most bright sights Cheboksary .

Among the sights of Cheboksary are many interesting and unique monuments. On Trakttorostroiteley Avenue, 101 you can see a monument to the first serial tractor T-330. It is not accidentally established here. The fact is that a factory of industrial tractors is located in Cheboksary. By the way, on Mira Street, 1 there is even a museum of tractor history. On the street Gagarin you can see the sculpture of our famous cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The monument was opened on April 12, 1976

On the boulevard of Efremov there is a monument to Ostap Bender and Kise Vorobyaninov - heroes of the novel Ilf and Petrov "12 chairs". The author of the sculpture is Vladimir Nagornov. If you carefully read the book, then for sure you remember that Ostap and Kisa swam past Cheboksary. Moreover, to get on the ship "Uritsky", they had to sell here Vasyukovskaya boat for five rubles.