(1920–2003) - World War II veteran, writer. Alexander Artemiev (1924–1998) - people's poet, writer and translator. Arkady Malov (1928–1995) - Chuvash writer, journalist and translator. Gennady Aygi (1934–2006) - famous poet and translator, father of Russian surrealist poetry. Boris Căntăk (b. 1960) - talented writer, playwright and poet. Vasley Mitta (1908–1957) - poet and translator. Nikifor Mran'ka (1901–1973) - poet and dramatist Lyudmila Vasilyeva (1930–1949) - poet Marina Karyagina (b. 1969) - poet Other figures Cosmonauts Andriyan Nikolayev (1929–2004) - third Soviet cosmonaut, fifth man in space. Sportspersons Svetlana Chirkova-Lozovaya (b. 1945) - fencer, two times olympic champion in foil team competition (1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich). Veronika Chumikova Olimpiada Ivanova (b. 1970) - race walker, silver medalist of 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Irina Kalentyeva (b. 1977) - professional mountain bike racer, bronze medalist of 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. See also Chuvash Wikipedia ChuvashTet Chuvash National Museum Society for the study of the native land Chuvash National Congress Chuvashes