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Udmurt Language Activist Mourned In Russia After Self-Immolation Protest

An academic in central Russia died Tuesday after setting himself on fire over what has been reported as an act of protest over perceived government …

12.09.2019

Russian Scholar Dies From Self-Immolation While Protesting to Save Native Language

THE MOSCOW TIMES: An academic in central Russia died Tuesday after setting himself on fire over what has been reported as an act of protest over …

11.09.2019

The Livonian Culture Day and Livonian Community House 80 years

The Livonian Culture day and the 80th birthday of the Livonian Community House will be celebrated on the 2nd and 3rd of August this year.  …

31.07.2019

The 27th song and 20th dance celebration My Fatherland is My Love will take place in Tallinn from July 4–7, 2019

In 2019 Estonia will festively celebrate the 150th anniversary of the song celebration – the first song celebration was held in Estonia in 1869. This summer …

02.07.2019

Finno ugric films in old Estonian manor

Already second year in a row a small but international film festival FUFF (Finno Ugric Film Festival) takes place in Sänna Culture Manor. It doesn’t …

06.06.2019

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 …

27.05.2019

UN international year of indigenous languages

Year 2019 was claimed a year of indigenous languages by United Nations. Fenno-Ugria organises many events that are related to the theme of this year.  …

21.03.2019

Fenno Ugria Night at Tallinn Music Week

For the 5th year Fenno Ugria hosts artists from the finno-ugric music scene at Tallinn Music Week 2019.

13.03.2019

Russia is cracking down on minority languages – but a resistance movement is growing

Author: Guzel Yusupova COFUND Junior Research Fellow, Durham University Russia has spent the last several years aggressively advocating for the rights of Russian minorities abroad, …

14.09.2018

Lea Kreinin: On FUFF and trains

As we know, the high-speed trains do not stop everywhere. That’s why, for example, many passengers of the Tartu-Tallinn route were probably unaware of the …

23.07.2018

Finno-Ugric Maris have Long Looked to Estonia, Finland and Hungary – and Moscow Doesn’t Like It

The roughly 600,000 Maris, a Finno-Ugric nation in the Middle Volga, have long looked to the larger and now independent Finno-Ugric nations of Estonia, Finland, …

03.07.2018

Moscow Still Refuses to Recognize Soviet Genocide of Ingermanlanders

Staunton, June 24 – Most of the peoples whom Stalin deported have been allowed to return to their home areas and have been politically at …

03.07.2018