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In memoriam Valei Kelmakov
Kelmakov studied at one of the oldest (zemstvo) schools of the Oshtorma-Yumya region in the Kukmor district of present-day Tatarstan, where he says the school’s …
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Mari and Udmurt birthrate in Bashkortostan highest in region
Udmurts had the highest number of children per thousand women aged 15+ (2,058), followed by Mari (1,943) and Tajiks (1,927). They were followed by Chuvash …
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Udmurt Language Day celebrated grandiosely
On 27 November 2001, the State Council of the Republic of Udmurtia adopted a decision on the state languages of the Republic of Udmurtia, and …
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Udmurt culture researchers win Uralic Ethnic Studies Award
Since 2012, the Kindred Peoples’ Programme of the Ministry of Education and Research has been awarding a Uralic Ethnic Studies Award to recognise the research …
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Four years ago, Albert Razin sacrificed his own life
Protesting alone, he held two posters that read “If tomorrow my language disappears, I am ready to die today” and “Do I have a fatherland?”. …
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New language technology developed for Uralic languages
For Udmurt, the 11th-grade student of the State Boarding Lyceum, Arseniy Pozdeev created an application to learn the Udmurt language and train one’s memory. He …
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Mulgimaa passes on the title of Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture to Udmurtia
The year of Abja-Paluoja, the historic capital of Mulgimaa, as the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture, is drawing to a close. On 27 November, the baton …
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Mulgimaa passes on the title of Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture to Udmurtia
The year of Abja-Paluoja, the historic capital of Mulgimaa, as the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture, is drawing to a close. On 27 November, the baton …
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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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TMW 2021: Fenno-Ugria Night is coming in a week! Who is performing?
The TMW Fenno-Ugria Night is a unique opportunity to hear the folk music heritage of the Finno-Ugric countries, including Estonia, and through the performances of …
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Artyom Malykh: “Decline of standardized literary Uralic languages will coexist with the promotion of dialects as standardized languages”
On 21 October, Artyom Malykh, well-known Udmurt activist and founder of Uralistica social network, gave a talk on Uralic peoples of Russia at Sugrifest, a …
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Self-Immolation Highlights Controversy over Cultural Rights in Russia
A national debate on minority cultural rights is the backdrop to the death of an academic in the Russian republic of Udmurtia. Published in openDemocracy Damelya …