Erzyas

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, romanizederzyane) are one of the Mordvin peoples.[2]

Famous people of Erzya descent

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Erzya girls, 1914
Erzya woman holding a shtatol

See also

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References

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  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