{"id":18278,"date":"2016-05-18T14:51:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T14:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fennougria.ee\/?page_id=690"},"modified":"2024-09-12T18:10:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T15:10:40","slug":"hill-mari","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/peoples\/mari\/hill-mari\/","title":{"rendered":"Hill Mari"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hill Mari are the principal residents of central Volga region. Most of them live in the western part of Hill Mari and Kilemary districts and in the Sharanga and Tonshayevo regions of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.<\/p>

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Flag of the Hill Mari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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According to the 2002 census, there were 18,515 Hill Mari, while in 2010 this had increased to 23,559 or by 27%. This development may reflect a strengthening of Hill Mari identity, possibly due to better economic conditions and education levels among the Hill Mari. In the same period, the number of Hill Mari speakers declined from 36,882 to 23,062. One reason why the number of Hill Mari speakers somewhat exceeds the number of self-identified Hill Mari may be that some Meadow Mari can also speak the Hill Mari language.<\/p>

Resettlement<\/h3>

The biggest catastrophy for the Hill Mari was the construction of the Cheboksary hydroelectric power station between 1968-1986, as a result of which they lost 30% of their territory while approximately 8,000 persons were resettled. The views of the Hill Mari were dismissed at the time of the decision to raise the Volga River to the maximum level.<\/p>

Language<\/h2>

The Hill Mari language is, alongside Meadow Mari and Russian, an official language of the Republic of Mari El, which is taught in schools of Hill Mari and Kilemary regions. The Hill Mari living in Nizny Novgorod Oblast are not being taught the mother tongue in schools.<\/p>

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