Finno-Ugric peoples in Russia
The Komi Republic has the highest birth rate of all North-West Russian regions
In the first half of 2023, Komi Republic will have the highest fertility rate compared to other regions of North-West Russia.
Unique research centre for Uralic languages opens in Mari El
At the II Forum of Finno-Ugric Peoples of the Russian Federation in Saransk, the Rector of Mari State University, Mikhail Shvetsov, presented the new Centre for the Study of Uralic Languages, which opened on 1 September.
The II Forum of Finno-Ugric Peoples of the Russian Federation was held in Saransk, Russia
The II Forum of Finno-Ugric Peoples of the Russian Federation "Ethno-cultural diversity in the Russian Federation: contemporary challenges and development perspectives" took place in Saransk, the capital of the Republic of Mordovia, on 16–19 August.
Fenno-Ugria at Paide Opinion Festival 11 August 2023: "Russian aggression in Ukraine and Finno-Ugric peoples"
Fenno-Ugria organised a panel discussion on 11 August at the Paide Opinion Festival. The panelists were Jaak Prozes (Fenno-Ugria adviser), Aimar Ventsel (ethnologist), Tõnu Seilenthal (Fenno-Ugria board member, Finno-Ugrist), Anna Kuznetsova (Fenno-Ugria project manager of Komi origin). The moderator was Barbi Pilvre (Director of Fenno-Ugria).
Introduction to the Opinion Festival panel "Russian aggression in Ukraine and Finno-Ugric peoples"
Before the Fenno-Ugria panel on "Russian aggression in Ukraine and the Finno-Ugric peoples" at the Paide Opinion Festival on 11 August, Külli Kapper, Editor of the Foreign News section of Postimees, interviewed Barbi Pilvre, Director of Fenno-Ugria.
Tõnu Seilenthal on cooperation with the Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia
Fenno-Ugria Project Manager Janno Zõbin spoke to Tõnu Seilenthal after the Finnish-Russian Society seminar in Kuhmo on 14 June, about what was said at the …
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev accuses Finland of confrontation
Nikolai Patrushev, Executive Director of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, told a meeting on security issues in Petrozavodsk on 31 July that foreign special services are destabilising the socio-political situation in the Republic of Karelia, provoking riots and supporting separatist sentiments, especially among young people.
Polar bear attacked reindeer herder family in Yamal
A polar bear attacked a family of reindeer herders in the remote inland tradin post of Ust-Juribey, Yamal-Nenets autonomous region, Yamal Media reported.
Tomsk scientists will cooperate with indigenous peoples of Yamal
Scientists of Tomsk State University (TSU) have concluded a cooperation agreement with representatives of the indigenous peoples of the North of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Together …
A traveller's book on Mari El and Udmurtia published
Esa-Jussi Salminen's book Sankarimatkailijan Marinmaa ja Udmurtia ("An Adventurer's Mari El and Udmurtia") was recently published in Finland. This was announced by the author on Facebook and VKontakte.
The Mari want former state symbols back
The Mari youth movement has started collecting signatures in Mari El to change the national emblem and formally reintroduce the former emblem. To date, 300 signatures have been collected.
XII Mari Song Festival
On 10 June, the 12th Mari Song Festival took place on Siukhin field in Hill Mari region, Republic of Mari El. The first Mari Song Festival was in 2002 and the song festival tradition has been adopted from Estonia.