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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 descentedit

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

See alsoedit

• Shoksha

Referencesedit

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