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2023

President Karis: 'We must not become indifferent to the fate of our kindred people amid other concerns'

In October, Estonia celebrated its Finno-Ugric identity throughout the month. The celebration culminated in and centred around the Finno-Ugric Day, also known as Kindred Peoples' Day, on the third Saturday of the month, this year on 21 October. The celebration was held in the Estonian National Museum and attended by the President of Estonia, Alar Karis. His speech is translated into English below.

06.11.2023

Finno-ugric Knots 2022 out

Fenno-Ugria's yearbook 'Finno-Ugric Knots 2022' has been published, which gives an overview of the work and activities of Fenno-Ugria and its partners related to Finno-Ugric peoples, edited by Taisto-Kalevi Raudalainen, cover designed by Eva Sepping.

31.10.2023

Finno-Ugric Days 2023

The theme of this year's Finno-Ugric Days is 'Courage', referring to difficult times and the courage to remain ourselves. A series of events in Tallinn and Tartu will bring together Finno-Ugric musicians, artists, writers and scholars. There will be an academic conference on Latvian indigenous peoples, a chance to listen to traditional music and listen to classical music. The month will end with hot club nights in Tartu and Tallinn.

12.10.2023

Days of National Cultures and Ethnic Market celebrated in Tallinn

Tallinn hosted the 9th annual Days of National Cultures, a celebration highlighting the rich cultures of the city’s local ethnic minorities, from September 16 to …

24.09.2023

Snapshots from the decades of deportation

On 22 September, Helena Miettinen, chair of the NGO Nouse Inkeri in Finland since 2020, and Anni Reuter opened a photo exhibition about the lives of the Ingrian Finns: 'Days from the decades of deportation' at the Tampere House in Tartu.

24.09.2023

Russia’s language policy begins to protect Cyrillic and Russian language

The Russian Federation’s national language policy concept has now been handed over to the government. Ildar Gilmutdinov, deputy chairman of the State Duma’s Committee on National Affairs, expressed hope that the new concept will be aimed at preserving the various national languages.

17.09.2023

MAFUN 14-part lecture course on the Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia in the 20th century

The 14-part Russian-language lecture series on Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia ‘Finno-Ugric Russians in the 20th century. Language, Human Rights, Power’, organised by the Finno-Ugric Youth …

17.09.2023

Four years ago, Albert Razin sacrificed his own life

On 10 September 2019, Albert Razin - a Udmurt sociologist and philosopher - set himself on fire in front of the Udmurt State Council building.

12.09.2023

'Smoke Sauna Sisterhood' nominated for international awards

The Estonian-made and co-produced documentary film ‘Smoke Sauna Sisterhood’, or ‘Savvusanna sõsarad’ in South Estonian has received much international attention. The movie, directed by Anna …

11.09.2023

School in Mishkino, Bashkortostan teaches in Mari

A multilingual school in Mishkino, Bashkortostan began teaching mathematics and drawing in the Mari language.

11.09.2023

"Finno-Ugric space: reality and contemporary challenges" - Speech by Pyotr Tultayev, Chairman of the Association of Finno-Ugric Peoples of Russia, at the 2nd Forum of Finno-Ugric Peoples.

Before quoting Tultaev’s speech here, it is necessary to open up the background of the forum. The 1st Forum of Finno-Ugric Peoples took place in …

07.09.2023

University of Eastern Finland leads programme to revive Karelian

The Karelian language revitalisation project has received funding from the Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland to continue the programme.

07.09.2023