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The Erzyas (also Erzyans', Erzya people; Erzya: эрзят, romanized: erzat; Russian: эрзяне, romanized: erzyane) are a Mordvinian Finno-Ugric ethnic group. Their native language is Erzya. They are closely related to but distinct from Mokshas, and together they are often called Mordvin peoples, especially by outsiders.[2][3]
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 |
Famous people of Erzya descent
edit- Syreś Boläeń, public figure, poet and translator, half-Erzya
- Vasily Chapayev, Bolshevik commander
- Stepan Erzia, Russian sculptor
- Yakov Grigoshin, writer[4]
- Nadezhda Kadysheva, Russian singer
- Mariz Kemal, writer[5]
- Purgaz, leader
The farewell to war ritual of the Eryza people
Erzya girls, 1914
Erzya woman holding a shtatol
See also
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Erzya edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
References
edit- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Salo, Merja: Mordvalaiset. In Laakso, Johanna (ed.): Uralilaiset kansat: tietoa suomen sukukielistä ja niiden puhujista. WSOY, 1991.
- ↑ "Mordvin". Britannica. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
- ↑ Salo, Merja: Mordvalaiset, pp. 175–176. In Laakso, Johanna (ed.): Uralilaiset kansat: tietoa suomen sukukielistä ja niiden puhujista. WSOY, 1991.
- ↑ "Erza We Are!". www.suri.ee. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
External links
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