Editing Cheboksary (section)

==Culture==
Cheboksary possesses many cultural opportunities. These include the [[Public Order (Badge of Honor) Russian Drama Theater]], a philharmonic [[orchestra]], the [[Chuvash State Puppet Theater]] and numerous theaters (showing productions in both [[Russian language|Russian]] and [[Chuvash language|Chuvash]] languages). However, a very popular gathering place for the locals is the recently{{When|date=September 2021}} completed ''zaliv'' ([[bay]]), situated in the middle of the city. Cheboksary also has boardwalks and beaches along the [[Volga River]], where people swim in the summer. There are also a number of heated pools, health clubs, and [[museum]]s (including the [[Chuvash National Museum]] and Russia's only [[beer]] museum).<ref name="USPC" />

Cheboksary hosted a [[Language festival (Esperanto)|language festival]] in 1996.

===Sport===
Cheboksary regularly hosts [[Sport of athletics|athletics]] meetings and [[racewalking]] events, including the [[2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup]], the [[2015 European Team Championships Super League]], and the 2016 Russian athletics and [[masters athletics]] championships.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/3f1006e47dec4458a448029cbb5b1464/despair-and-defiance-russian-athletes-react-doping-ban|title=Despair and defiance as Russian athletes react to doping ban |first1=Francesca |last1=Ebel |first2=Veronika |last2=Silchenko |date=19 June 2016|publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=18 October 2017}}</ref> The [[2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships]] were moved from Cheboksary to Rome as part of IAAF sanctions against [[doping in Russia]].