Language family

Uralic Peoples

Finno-Ugric and Samoyedic peoples of northern Eurasia, from the Baltic and Carpathians to the Siberian tundra.

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Member ethnic groups

15

Branches represented

4

World regions spanned

Finno-Ugric5 groups

Csángós

Moldavia region of eastern Romania, chiefly Bacău County along the Siret and Trotuș valleys, with smaller communities in the Ghimeș pass and around Săcele near Brașov, Romania

Erzya

Middle Volga region of Russia: eastern Mordovia and the Nizhny Novgorod, Penza, Ulyanovsk, Samara and Orenburg regions, with communities in Chuvashia, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan.

Merya

Upper Volga and Klyazma basin around Lake Nero and Lake Pleshcheyevo, in present-day Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo and Vladimir regions of Russia.

Meshchera

Meshchera Lowlands between the Oka and Klyazma rivers, east of Moscow, in today's Ryazan, Vladimir and Moscow oblasts, Russia

Székelys

Székely Land in eastern Transylvania, Romania (Harghita, Covasna and eastern Mureș counties); smaller communities in Bukovina, Romania, in Tolna and Baranya counties, Hungary, and in Vojvodina, Serbia

Finnic5 groups

Estonians woman from Estonia, Setomaa

Estonians

Estonia, Setomaa

Finns woman from Finland

Finns

Finland

Izhorians

Ingria, the lowland between the Narva and Neva rivers south of the Gulf of Finland, now Leningrad Oblast, Russia; today mainly the Soikkola peninsula and the lower Luga near Kingisepp.

Karelians

Karelia, split between the Republic of Karelia in northwestern Russia and eastern Finland, with a Tver Karelian enclave northwest of Moscow

Livonians woman from Livonian Coast, Courland, Latvia

Livonians

Livonian Coast, Courland, Latvia

Other Uralic groups16 groups

Besermyan

Villages of the Cheptsa river valley in northwestern Udmurtia, Russia, near the border with Kirov Oblast.

Hungarians woman from Hungary, Székely Land (Romania), Felvidék (Slovakia)

Hungarians

Hungary, Székely Land (Romania), Felvidék (Slovakia)

Kamasins

Sayan Mountain foothills along the Kan and Mana rivers, southern Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Komi woman from Russia (Komi Republic, Permyakia)

Komi

Russia (Komi Republic, Permyakia)

Mansi

West bank of the Ob basin and eastern foothills of the Northern Urals, chiefly Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug with smaller numbers in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia

Mari woman from Mari El (Russia)

Mari

Mari El (Russia)

Mokshas

Western Republic of Mordovia and the Moksha River valley across Penza, Ryazan and Tambov oblasts, Russia, with communities in Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Samara and Orenburg oblasts and Siberia

Mordvins woman from Mordovia (Russia)

Mordvins

Mordovia (Russia)

Muromians

Middle Oka River valley around the city of Murom, in present-day Vladimir Oblast and adjacent Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

Nenets

Arctic tundra of northern Russia, from the Kanin Peninsula and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug across the Yamal Peninsula to the Taymyr district, concentrated in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

Palóc

The northern hill country of Hungary (Nógrád, Heves and Borsod counties) and the adjoining border districts of southern Slovakia.

Sámi woman from Sápmi (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia)

Sámi

Sápmi (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia)

Selkup

Western Siberia, Russia: the middle Ob basin in Tomsk Oblast, and the Taz and Turukhan rivers in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Krasnoyarsk Krai

Skolt Sami woman from Inari region, Finland and the Kola Peninsula, Russia

Skolt Sami

Inari region, Finland and the Kola Peninsula, Russia

Udmurts woman from Udmurtia (Russia)

Udmurts

Udmurtia (Russia)

Vepsians

Northwestern Russia, between Lake Onega and Lake Ladoga: the Republic of Karelia and the Leningrad and Vologda oblasts

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