Lasch-Tayaba

Lasch-Tayaba (Лащ-Таяба; Лаш Таяпа, Laş Tayapa) is a rural locality (a village) in Lasch-Tayaba Rural Settlement of Yalchiksky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located 18 km west of Yalchiki, the administrative center of the district. Population: 1036 (2012 est.).

Geography
The Lashci River flows through the village.

Infrastructure
The facilities in Lasch-Tayaba include a club, a library, a first-aid post, and a store.

The Russian Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary was built in the village in 1840. It was closed and completely destroyed in the 1940s. The parish resumed its activities in 1991 in a former school building reconstructed as a church. In 2016, a new church was consecrated.

Also in the village there is a kennel "Dog hunting-Akar". In winter, the Knyazev Brothers hunting biathlon is held.

Climate
The climate is moderately continental, with long cold winters and warm summers. Average January temperature is -12.9 C; average July temperature is +18.3 C. Record low of -44 C was recorded in 1979, and the record high was +37 C. Average annual precipitation is up to 552 mm.

Notable people

 * Vasily Ektel — Chuvash writer.
 * Popov Yuri Alekseevich — Chairman of the State Council of Chuvashia.

Literature

 * Яльчикский район. Краткая энциклопедия / Составители К.М.Леонтьева, Н.Ф.Малышкин. — Издание 2-е, дополненное. — Чебоксары: Чувашское книжное издательство, 2007. — С. 52–53. — 462 с. — ISBN 978-5-7670-1502-3.