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Besserman villages proposed to be in list of traditional indigenous places
The deputies of the State Council of Udmurtia are planning to address the Chairman of the Government of Russia Mikhail Mishustin with a proposal to …
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Estonia celebrated Independence Day
Saturday 24 February 2024 marked the 106th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia. On this day in 1918, the Estonian Declaration of Independence, also known …
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The State Council of the Komi Republic rejected use of Komi in sittings
According to the draft law, Komi would be used in addition to Russian at the meetings of the State Council, and speeches would be translated …
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Komi-Permyak Literary Language Day celebrated with postcards and dictation
This year, any resident or visitor to the capital of the Komi-Permyak region, Kudymkar, could send a postcard in the Komi-Permyak language free of charge …
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Court refused to recognise Mansi
The woman had appealed against the decision of the court of first instance. In the meantime, it had been explained that the claimant’s great-grandmother and …
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International Pelmeni Day celebrated in Udmurtia
Nowadays, Pelmeni Day has become a festival with dumpling-themed menus appearing in the capital’s restaurants. The events culminated on Saturday 10 February, when various events …
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Mari director and cultural figure Vasili Pekteyev celebrated his 70th birthday
Vasili Pekteyev has spent most of his life dedicated to the Mari culture. For decades, he was forced into internal exile by the former head …
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Karelian Electoral Commission refuses to use Karelian and Veps languages
The Electoral Commission has now responded by refusing to print the ballot papers in indigenous languages because there have been no changes in legislation since …
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Crime levels in the Komi Republic and the Republic of Karelia are the highest in the Russian Federation
Paradoxically, according to the Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation, the highest crime rates were in Komi and Karelia, with 213.2 and 210.1 recorded crimes …
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Chairman of the Association of Finno-Ugric Peoples of Russia met the leadership of the Komi Republic
While the meeting with Uiba is described in general terms on the association’s website (the issues of teaching the Komi language and publishing textbooks were …
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Finno-Ugric peoples at Tallinn University’s Winter School
In January, the course Introduction to Estonia and Finno-Ugric Cultures was held as a part of Tallinn Winter School by Tallinn University. A six-day workshop …
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The 94th birthday of the Republic of Mordovia was celebrated and not celebrated either
The Autonomous Soviet Oblast of Mordovia (from 1936 an Autonomous Soviet Socialist republic and from 1994 the Republic of Mordovia), born in 1930 with great …