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Finnish town Kuhmo selected as Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2023
An international five-member jury has selected Kuhmo, a town in Finland’s Kainuu County and a UNESCO Creative City of Literature, as the next Finno-Ugric Capital …
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“The Earth’s Circle. Kolodozero ”
Curator: Annika Haas Design: Anne Järvpõld and Annika Haas The exhibition is open to 05.06.2022 On December 17, at 5 pm, the exhibition “The Earth’s …
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Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2023 Competition Begins
Youth Association of Finno-Ugric Peoples (MAFUN) and URALIC Centre today announced the start of the competition for the title of Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2023. …
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Nuori Karjala obtained consultative status with ECOSOC at UN
New York: Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples and Civic Diplomacy Young Karelia Nuori Karjala -nuorisojärjestö has been granted special consultative status with Economic and Social Council …
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Finno-Ugric activists made proposals at the UN for the protection of languages
12th session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples started with the celebration of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages. International …
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Videos of Fenno-Ugria Night showcase at Tallinn Music Week 2019
Fenno-Ugria is happy to publicize the videos of our performers at Fenno-Ugria Night showcase at the festival of tomorrows music, arts and ideas – Tallinn Music …
North Karelians
Karelians from northern and central Karelia have referred to themselves as ‘karjalaine’ or ‘karjalaže’. In the 19th and 20th centuries this ethnonym also began to …
Livvis
Livvi Karelians or Olonets Karelians inhabit the territory around the Olonka river. Livvi language has for a long time remained uninfluenced by the Russian language, …
Ludians
The Ludian language is a Baltic-Finnic language or dialect that belongs to Finno-Ugric languages. The word “Ludian” is derived from the Russian word ‘lyudi‘ (people). …
Karelians
Territory Karelians’ ancestors lived to the southwest of today’s Republic of Karelia, in the Karelian Isthmus between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in …
Finno-Ugric Media
On this page we have collected media channels and publications that write about life in the Finno-Ugric areas. The links open in a separate window.
Finno-Ugric Peoples
According to recent studies, the peoples speaking Finno-Ugric languages have inhabited Europe for about ten millennia. It seems that before the “Great Migration”, mainly Finno-Ugric …