Anatri
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| approx. 750000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Russia,  Chuvashia,  Tatarstan,  Ulyanovsk Oblast | |
| Languages | |
| Lower Chuvash, Chuvash | |
| Religion | |
| Russian Orthodox, Chuvash Paganism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Chuvash people, Anat jenchi, Virjal |
Anatri (Chuvash: анат [anat] — lower, east) — a part of Chuvash people. Denomination "Anatri", i. e. lower, living downstream of Volga River, is opposed to Virjal or Viryal (Chuvash: вир [vir] — upper, west and Chuvash: ял [yal] — village, community), i. e. Upper Chuvash, living upstream of Volga River.
Ethnographers distinguish 3 subgroups: northern (between the Anish and Uryum rivers); underwood (подлесная in Russian) or western (between the rivers of Bolshaya Bula and Karla); southern or steppe (khirti in Chuvash) (interfluve of Kubnya and Karla)
