▁most ▁of ▁the ▁translation ▁activity ▁took ▁place ▁before ▁the ▁dissol ution ▁of ▁the ▁USS R : ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 2 ▁transl ations , ▁ 1 7 0 ▁books ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁USS R , ▁and ▁just ▁ 1 7 , ▁in ▁the ▁post - 1 9 9 1 ▁Russia ▁( most ly , ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ). ▁A ▁similar ▁situation ▁takes ▁place ▁with ▁the ▁translation ▁of ▁books ▁from ▁other ▁languages ▁( most ly ▁Russian ) ▁into ▁Ch uv ash ▁( the ▁total ▁of ▁ 1 7 5 ▁titles ▁published ▁since ▁ca . ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁but ▁just ▁ 1 8 ▁of ▁them ▁in ▁post - 1 9 9 1 ▁Russia ). ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Ch uv ash ▁is ▁the ▁most ▁distinct ive ▁of ▁the ▁Turk ic ▁languages ▁and ▁cannot ▁be ▁understood ▁by ▁speak ers ▁of ▁other ▁Turk ic ▁tong ues . ▁Ch uv ash ▁is ▁class ified , ▁alongside ▁the ▁ext inct ▁language ▁Bulgar , ▁as ▁the ▁only ▁remaining ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁O gh ur ic ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁Turk ic ▁language ▁family . ▁Since ▁the ▁surv iving ▁literary ▁records ▁for ▁the ▁non - Ch uv ash ▁members ▁of ▁O gh ur ic ▁are ▁sc ant , ▁the ▁exact ▁position ▁of ▁Ch uv ash ▁within ▁the ▁O gh ur ic ▁family ▁cannot ▁be ▁determined . ▁ ▁The ▁O gh ur ic ▁branch ▁is ▁distinguished ▁from ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁Turk ic ▁family ▁( the ▁Common ▁Turk ic ▁languages ) ▁by ▁two