Shorshely

Shorshely (Russian: Шоршелы; Chuvash: Шуршăл, Şurşăl) is a town in Chuvashia, Russia.

It is situated between Anatkasy and Yerdovo, and nearby to Atlashevo and Yel’nikovo.

It is on the Volga River.

[1] The village was the birthplace of early Soviet cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev.

It has a museum of Space exploration, and is the site of his interment.