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Greetings and Speeches
The 8th World Congress of Finno-Ugric Peoples
Opening ceremony
16 June 2021 in Tartu At the opening plenary session of the VIII World Congress of …
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Life of Ivanna
Life of Ivanna (Жизнь Иванны Яптунэ) 2021 | Russia, Norway, Estonia, Finland | Documentary, Feature 80 mins Director | Renato Borrayo Serrano Writer | Renato Borrayo Serrano, Daria …
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FUFF 2021
Great news! Finno-Ugric Film Festival FUFF is going to be hybrid this year! The offline event will be held in Sänna, Estonia, from 11th-13th of …
Uralic language family
According to recent studies, the peoples speaking Finno-Ugric languages have inhabited Europe for about ten millennia. It seems that before the “Great Migration”, mainly Finno-Ugric …
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The Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2021 Abja-Paluoja
Korraldajad: Soome-ugri kultuuripealinn 2021, Mulgi Kultuuri Instituut ja Finno-Ugric Capitals of Culture Abja-Paluoja is the capital of Estonia’s historic Mulgimaa region whose residents, known as …
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Estonia commemorates the victims of mass deportations in 1949
From March 25-28, 1949, more than 90,000 people across the Baltics, including more than 20,000 in Estonia, ranging from infants to the elderly, were forcibly …
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Gallery and video: Independence Day parade in Freedom Square
The 102nd anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Estonia was marked with the traditional parade starting in Freedom Square in Tallinn from midday …
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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 …
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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 …
Izhorians
Names Izhorians refer to themselves as inkeroine or izhora, karjalain and more generally maaväki. The word “Izhorian” may originate from the Russian-language name of the Neva river tributary izhora, to which …
Nganasans
Names Their autonym is ‘nganassa(n)’, frequently ‘ngano nganassan’, however this is not universal. The Avam group prefers the autonym ‘njaa’ (brother) and the eastern Vadejev group …
Samoyedic peoples
Samoyedic peoples include Nenets, Enets, Nganasans and Selkups. Samoyedic languages are languages of the Uralic language family which are spoken by Samoyedic peoples inhabiting the northern …