title: Chuvashcinema
text: # Chuvashcinema
  
  Chuvashcinema or Chuvashkino (now SC "Chuvashkino") is a Chuvash and Russian cinema company which was engaged in manufacture, purchase, storage and hire art and documentary films.
  
  ## History
  
  Cinema company was based on June, 22nd, 1926 in Cheboksary (Chuvash ASSR) by the director, a script writer, the actor, the Honored worker of arts of the Russian Federation, the National actor of the Chuvash Republic Ioakim Maksimov-Koshkinsky.
  
  During the existence the studio has released 6 artistic and tens of documentary films. The first feature film was the Volga rebels, released in 1926. Then the studio mostly focused on the production of documentary films.
  
  ## Current status
  
  Now Chuvash cinema is engaged in definition of the state policy in the field of cinematography in Chuvash Republic. Its archives include a number of art-publicistic tapes created together with the Kazan studio.
  
  