In the heart of the Republic of Tatarstan, a predominantly Muslim region on the Volga River, there is a small Chuvash village populated by pagans, who have miraculously escaped conversion ...

These pieces reference Osipova’s Chuvash roots, an ancient Turkic ethnicity ... I use this method of expression to explore my face and body, to reincarnate into magical beings,” says Osipova.

Chuvash polycythemia, an autosomal recessive disorder endemic to the Chuvash Autonomous Republic of the Russian Federation 4,5, has features of both primary and secondary polycythemia. We ...

Chuvash polycythemia is a rare congenital form of polycythemia caused by homozygous R200W and H191D mutations in the VHL (von Hippel-Lindau) gene, whose gene product is the principal negative ...