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The main event of the 2026 Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture, Juhannus, was held in Hancock, Michigan. Fenno-Ugria participated in the week's events.

Fenno-Ugria Foundation’s annual meeting on 3 June approved the foundation’s activities for 2025: the celebration of Kindred Month, publications, a summer school, travelling exhibitions, contributions …

Fenno-Ugria’s latest yearbook focuses, among other things, on fascinating political documents: Hannele Valkeeniemi, Director of the Finnish Institute, provides an overview of Russian influence operations …

On 21 May, the opening of Piret Räni’s exhibition “Animals in the Mythology of Finno-Ugric Peoples” took place at the Estonian Embassy in Brussels. At the same time, Barbi Pilvre, director of Fenno-Ugria, gave a half-hour overview of the situation of Finno-Ugric peoples in Russia in recent years, based on a report commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On 17 March 2026, Fenno-Ugria Foundation presented a report it had been commissioned, titled “The Situation of Finno-Ugric Peoples in Russia 2022–2024/25,” at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The report was compiled and edited by Barbi Pilvre, Director of Fenno-Ugria. Authors include Jaak Prozes, Advisor to Fenno-Ugria; Madis Arukask, Chairman of the Board and folklorist; Sven-Erik Soosaar, Board Member and linguist; and Vasily Nikolayev, Editor of the Mari news portal MariUver.

On 17 March, Fenno-Ugria presented a report it had been commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia. The report is titled “The Situation …

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The first Khanty poetess and female journalist, Maria Voldina (Vagatova, 28 December 1936 – 15 February 2026), has passed away. She devoted her entire life …

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 …

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 …

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.