Name: Chuvash Republic
Location: On the River Volga
Capital: Cheboksary
Population: About 1.2 million people
Nationalities: Chuvash (two out of three people), Russians, and 50 other nationalities.
Languages: Chuvash and Russian.
Name: Buryat Republic
Location: Next to Lake Baikal
Capital: Ulan-Ude
Population: About 1 million people
Nationalities: Russians, Buryats, Ukrainians, Tatars, Belorussians and more (100 different nationalities).
Languages: Russian and Buryat.