Meryans
Ancient Finnic-speaking people of the Upper Volga region / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Meryans (also Merya people; Russian: меряне, meryane or меря, marya) were an ancient Finnic people that lived in the Upper Volga region.[1][2] The Primary Chronicle places them around the Nero and Pleshcheyevo lakes. They were assimilated to Russians around the 13th century[3], but there has been a modern revival of Meryan culture and language, termed Meryan ethnofuturism [ru].
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Total population | |
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extinct, however some people have begun to identify as Meryan again | |
Languages | |
Meryan (reconstructed form), Russian | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Finnic peoples, Mari people |
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