Shemurshinsky District

Shemurshinsky District (Шемурши́нский район; Шăмăршă районӗ, Şămărşă rayonĕ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the south and southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 799.1 km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Shemursha. Population: 16,588 (2002 Census);  The population of Shemursha accounts for 25.5% of the district's total population.

Notable residents

 * Nikolai Ilbekov (1915–1981, born in Trekhizb-Shemursha, Buinsky Uyezd), writer
 * Fedor Madurov (1942–2022, born in Baskaki), sculptor and graphic artist