Alikovo

Alikovo, known in Chuvash as Alikasy, lies in the countryside southwest of Cheboksary. Its name is associated with the personal name Alik and the Chuvash word for a settlement. A document of 1694 records the village among lands granted to the Dormition Monastery of Cheboksary. A wooden Church of the Dormition was built in 1744, and the village was also known by the church's name, Uspenskoye.