Erzyas

Finno-Ugric ethnic group
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Erzya
Эрзят
Erzya women
Total population
57,008[1] (2010, census)
Regions with significant populations
 Russia:
 Mordovia
Languages
Erzya, Russian
Religion
Orthodox Christianity, Erzyan native religion, Lutheranism
Related ethnic groups
Other Volga Finns, particularly Moksha and Mari

The Erzyas (also Erzyans, Erzya people; Erzya: эрзят, romanized: erzat, Russian: эрзяне, romanized: erzyane) are one of the Mordvin peoples.[2]

Famous people of Erzya descent

Erzya girls, 1914
Erzya woman holding a shtatol
  • Purgaz
  • Syreś Boläeń, public figure, poet and translator, half-Erzya
  • Stepan Erzia, Russian sculptor
  • Nadezhda Kadysheva, Russian singer
  • Vasily Chapayev, Bolshevik commander

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Erzya people.
Erzya edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  1. ^ "Официальная публикация итогов Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года. Т. 1. Численность и размещение населения". Федеральная служба государственной статистики (in Russian). Russian Federal State Statistics Service. 2010.
  2. ^ Erza We Are!, Two languages – two nations
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