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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 …
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 …
Sings in Izhorian create scandal in Russia
After six years of work, village signs in the Izhorian language using Latin letters were installed in the Leningrad Oblast. Half a hundred village signs were placed in the territory of the Vistina (Вистино) village council, with the Izhorian language alongside Russian. The signs were placed not only in the current Izhorian villages, but also in places where Izhorians used to live more densely.
Kindred Peoples' Day celebrations in full swing
This year’s Kindred Peoples’ Days, with the slogan “Ida-Viru – our Ingria,” are ongoing. Since Narva is the cultural capital of the Finno-Ugric peoples, our …
Fenno-Ugria's publications presented at 14th Congress of Finno-Ugric Studies
The CIFU XIV Congress for Finno-Ugric Studies took place in Tartu on 20 August. At the congress, folklorist and Fenno-Ugria board chairman Madis Arukask presented …
Fenno-Ugria presented its latest publications at the Pärnu Literature Festival
Presentations of the book “Finno-Ugric peoples through the eyes of Estonians” by Fenno-Ugria and Argo and the Finno-Ugric Calendar 2026 took place at the Pärnu …