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Mordvins — Ethnic group. Mordvins are a composite nationality of the Russian Federation comprised of Erzyans and Mokshans, both being Finno Ugrian peoples of the Volga basin. The description “Mordvin” is an exonym imposed on the Erzyans and Mokshans by… … Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation
Mordvins — Erzya and Moksha Mordvins Avvakum • Patriarch Nikon • Mikhail Devyatayev • Vasily Klyuchevsky Total population 843,350 (2002) … Wikipedia
Mokshas — Moksha Alternative name: Mordvin Moksha Zubu Moksha women. Ivan Dubasov’s photo. Total population 296, 900[1] … Wikipedia
Uralic languages — Infobox Language family name=Uralic region=Eastern and Northern Europe, North Asia familycolor=Uralic family=A number of proposals linking Uralic to other language families have been made, such as Indo Uralic and Nostratic, all currently… … Wikipedia
Alyona — (Erzyan: Эрзямассонь Олёна, Russian: Алёна, surname is unknown, ? 1670) was a Erzyan female ataman during the Peasant Revolt in Russia under the leadership of Stepan Razin. Peasant by birth from the Vyezdnaya sloboda of Arzamas, she was an… … Wikipedia
Purgaz — or Inäzor Purgaz ( my. Пургаз (Инязор Пургаз), ru. Пургас, Purgas ) was an Erzya Mordvin leader in the first half of the 13th century. He was a prince ( inäzor ) of Erzyan Principality of Purgaz. Being an ally of the Volga Bulgaria, he resisted… … Wikipedia
Nikolay Merkushkin — Nikolay Ivanovich Merkushkin Кола Меркушкин Николай Иванович Меркушкин 1st Head of the Republic of Mordovia Incumbent … Wikipedia
Mastorava — (Масторава) is the title of a Mordvin epic poem based on Mordvin mythology, published in 1994 by A. M. Sharonov in the Erzya language, with a Moksha language version announced. The poem consists of five parts entitled The Universe , Antiquity ,… … Wikipedia
Toorama — ( ru. Торама, alternative name in my. Йовлат) is a music group from Saransk, Mordovia in Russia, performing traditional songs and music of Mordvin ethnic groups, namely Erzya, Moksha, Shoksha, and Qaratay. History Created in 1990 by 4 researchers … Wikipedia
Erzya — noun a) A Finno Ugric language spoken primarily in the Volga region of Russia, but is also spoken in Azerbaijan, Estonia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. b) A Mordvin person speaking Erzya or of such ancestry. Syn … Wiktionary