Erzyas
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Эрзят | |
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Total population | |
57,008 (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.
Famous people of Erzya descent
- Purgaz
- Syreś Boläeń, public figure, poet and translator, half-Erzya
- Stepan Erzia, Russian sculptor
- Nadezhda Kadysheva, Russian singer
- Vasily Chapayev, Bolshevik commander