If you’re after day-trip inspiration, we’ve got a couple of suggestions. Situated 20 miles away, Cheboksary is worth the drive. Among your first stops here ought to be Monument of Mother, Chuvash National Museum and Museum of V.I. Chapaev. Locals will also probably point you in the direction of Yoshkar-Ola, 60 miles away. If you can only find time for one thing here, make sure it’s Museum of the History of the Gulag. (But we’d also recommend Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre and Mari El National Shketan Drama Theater.)