If you have a bit of extra time and you don’t mind traveling 20 miles, check out Cheboksary. This place boasts a world of things to see and do. Among your first few stops here ought to be Monument of Mother, Chuvash National Museum and Museum of V.I. Chapaev. Don’t skip Yoshkar-Ola either! Just 45 miles away, Museum of the History of the Gulag, Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre and Mari El National Shketan Drama Theater are essential stops here.