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Hancock 2026 opening ceremony: aftermath
The year of the 2026 Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture was opened in Hancock, Michigan on 24 January 2026.
RAIPON renounces protection of indigenous activists
President of the Association of Small Indigenous Peoples of Russia (РАЙПОН), Alexander Novyukhov, denounces indigenous activists of Russia as extremists and defends the government's actions against them.
New Ainola Centre opened in Tartu
The Tartu branch of the Finnish Institute has move to Tampere House at the beginning of this year, turning the building into a broader centre for Finnish culture. At the beginning of 2026, the Ainola Centre has begun operating there.
First Komi People's Congress 35 years ago
On 11-12 January 1991, the first Komi People's Congress was held. The Congress was attended by over 400 delegates and guests from all cities and districts of the republic. Also, representatives of the Komi people from the Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, and Tyumen oblasts, the Nenets and Komi-Permyak autonomous districts, the republics of Mari El and Udmurtia, and Moscow were present.
Russian-Komi-Permyak dictionary published
A new Russian-Komi-Permyak dictionary containing over 21,000 words was presented at the Komi-Permyak Institute for the Advancement of Education in Kudymkar. The last such dictionary …
The Komi want Komi-language TV
Komi journalists and public figures believe that the license of the national television channel OTR (a Russian national television channel financed from the state budget) should be changed so that the channel would also broadcast programmes in the Komi language.
Finno-Ugric representatives on PACE platform for dialogue
On 26 January in Strasbourg, the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approved a list of 15 members for a …
Kindred Club 2026
A new season of Fenno-Ugria’s Kindred Club has begun at the Institute of the Estonian Language (Roosikrantsi 6) on Wednesdays at 5-6 pm. Mark the …
In memoriam Yury Lisovski (1964-2026)
The international Finno-Ugric community has been deeply saddened by the news that the outstanding Komi ethnofuturist artist Yury Lisovski has passed away (11 April 1964 …
Opening ceremony of Hancock 2026
The 2026 Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture year was opened in Hancock, Michigan on 24 January at Heikinpäivä celebrations.
Russian Saami activists resilient despite repression
At the end of the year, several searches were conducted in the regions of the Russian Federation among defenders of the rights of indigenous peoples. …
Selkup activist arrested
Before the New Year, on 17 December, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow ruled to place Daria Egereva, a representative of the Selkup people and …