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Finnic (Fennic, sometimes Baltic Finnic) may refer to Finnish is spoken by the majority in Finland and by Ethnic Finns outside of Finland. It is one of two official languages of Finland. Finnish is a member of the Finno-Ugric language family and is an agglutinative language which modifies the forms of both noun and adjective depending on... Finnish-similar languages spoken close to the The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf... Gulf of Finland, i.e. the Balto-Finnic subgroup of the Geographical distribution of Finno-Ugric (Finno-Permic in blue, Ugric in green). Also shown are the Samoyedic and Yukaghir languages (after Ruhlen, 1987) The Finno-Ugric languages form a subfamily of the Uralic languages. The majority of linguists believe that Finnish, Hungarian and Estonian, among other languages, should be included... Finno-Ugric languages. Confusingly, the term may also refer to a larger subgroup that includes also the Sami is a general name for a group of Finno-Ugric languages spoken in parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, in Northern Europe. Very often Sami is erroneously referred as one language for all Lappic people. Sami (Sámegiella) Spoken in: Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia Region: Lapland Total... Sami languages.

Today, in a The Republic of Finland ( Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bordered by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. Finland has land frontiers with Sweden, Norway and Russia and... Finnish and Estonia (disambiguation). The Republic of Estonia is a country in Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the north. Estonia has land borders with its fellow Baltic state, Latvia, to the south, with Russia to the east, and maritime border with Finland... Estonian context, Finnic may also refer to what's perceived as culturally and ethnically-related nations, i.e. the settled Alternate meanings: People (magazine); surat an-Nas (The People) in the Quran. People on the stairs to the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago In general, the English word people refers to a specific group of humans, or to persons in a general sense. A people may also be... peoples speaking Baltic Finnic languages, traditionally living in This article is about Karelia, the land of the Karelians, in its broadest meaning. See Karelia (disambiguation) for other and more specific usages. Map showing the parts Karelia is traditionally divided into. Karelia is the land of the Karelian people, that inhabitated vast areas in Northern Europe, of historical significance... Karelia, The Ingrian flag Historically Ingria (Swedish Ingermanland, Finnish Inkeri, Russian Izhora) comprises the area along the basin of the river Neva, between the Gulf of Finland, the Narva River, Lake Peipsi in South-West, and Lake Ladoga in North-East. The traditional border to Karelia followed the Sestra (Rajajoki /Systerb... Ingria, Estonia (disambiguation). The Republic of Estonia is a country in Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the north. Estonia has land borders with its fellow Baltic state, Latvia, to the south, with Russia to the east, and maritime border with Finland... Estonia, The Republic of Finland ( Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bordered by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. Finland has land frontiers with Sweden, Norway and Russia and... Finland, Northernmost Norway (disambiguation). The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters. It has a very elongated form and has an extensive coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean, where Norways... Norway and Northern The Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish: Konungariket Sverige listen?) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak Strait and the Kattegat Strait on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia on... Sweden, and their In anthropology, the hunter-gatherer way of life is that led by certain societies of the Neolithic Era based on the exploitation of wild plants and animals. Consequently, hunter-gatherers are relatively mobile, and groups of hunter-gatherers have fluid boundaries and composition. Typically, men hunt and women gather and... farmer-hunter culture. Finnic used in this way establish the contrast to the The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in Europe. They speak Slavic languages and reside chiefly in the east of that continent, but are also found in Asia. Contents // 1 Ethno-cultural subdivisions 2 The Slavic homeland debates 3 Naming and etymologies 4 Early... Slavonics, the The Baltic Sea The Balts or Baltic peoples have lived around the eastern coast of Mare Suebicum, or Baltic Sea (Tacitus, AD 98) since ancient times. The Baltic peoples consisted of several tribes. Some of these, such as the Old Prussians, no longer exist independently. Lithuania and Latvia are modern... Balts, and the The term Germanic peoples may refer to: the Germanic tribes that in the first millennium were seen as a barbarian threat by the Roman Empire and its successors; the Germanic Christianity that in the second millennium came to dominate much of Northern Europe, politically organized in the Holy Roman Empire... Germanic This article is part of the Scandinavia series Viking Age Ting Kalmar Union Denmark-Norway Sweden-Norway Monetary Union Defense union Languages Mountains Peninsula Varangian Viking History of Sweden History of Norway History of Denmark Scandinavia is the cultural and historic region of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The Scandinavian countries are... Scandinavians, but also to the more distantly akin, and historically Communities of nomadic people move from place to place, rather than settling down in one location. Many cultures have been traditionally nomadic, but nomadic behaviour is increasingly rare in industrialised countries. Typically there are two kinds of nomad, pastoral nomads and peripatetic nomads. Pastoralists raise herds and move with them... nomadic, Samis.

According to the Estonia (disambiguation). The Republic of Estonia is a country in Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the north. Estonia has land borders with its fellow Baltic state, Latvia, to the south, with Russia to the east, and maritime border with Finland... Estonian Fenno-Ugria Foundation (http://www.suri.ee/)[1] (http://www.suri.ee/r/index.html), the Finnic peoples include (from South to North):

The Livonians were the indigenous Finnics who since ancient times populated the shores of the Gulf of Riga adjacent to the Indo-European Balts. The Livonians spoke the Livonian language, randakeel (coast-language), and referred to themselves as the raandalist (coast dwellers). By the 19th century most Livonians had assimilated... Livonians (in the The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is Rīga. Riga seen from the left bank of the Daugava Riga (in Latvian language orthography Rīga), the capital of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast at the mouth... Riga-region and along The Daugava or Western Dvina (Russian: За́падная Двина́, Belarusan: Дзьвіна́, Latvian: Daugava, German: Düna, Polish Dźwina) is a river rising in the Valdai Hills flowing through Russia... River Daugava)
Estonians are a Finnic ethnic group primarily associated with Estonia and the Estonian language. There are around 915,000 Estonians living in Estonia. Notable emigration, diaspora? To be written. History The name Eesti, or Estonia, is derived from the word Aestii, the name given by the ancient Germans to the... Estonians (South of The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf... Gulf of Finland)
For the process of ballot-casting, see Vote. Votes are people who speak the Finno-Ugric Votic language, who until World War II lived in the northern parts of Estonia. As a people, they are practically extinct after Stalinist dispersion to Soviet provinces far away — as punishment for alleged... Votians ( Narva river is a river which flows at the eastern border of Estonia. It starts from Lake Peipus flowing through Narva to Narva bay. Categories: Stub ... River Narva – River Izhora, in English also known as River Inger, is the main tributary to River Neva on its run through Ingria in western-most Russia from Lake Ladoga to Gulf of Finland. The small town Ust-Izhora (mouth of Izhora) is situated at the confluence of Izhora and Neva, halfway... River Inger)
Ingrians refer to the Finnic people that before the foundation of Saint Petersburg inhabited Ingria (east and south of the Gulf of Finland) Ingrian Finns (Lutherans) Izhorians (Orthodox) Categories: Finnic peoples ... Ingrians ( The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf... Gulf of Finland – Narva river is a river which flows at the eastern border of Estonia. It starts from Lake Peipus flowing through Narva to Narva bay. Categories: Stub ... River Narva – River Neva (Нева́) is a 74 km long Russian river flowing from the Lake Ladoga (Ладожское Озеро - Ladozhskoye Ozero) through the Carelian Isthmus (Карельский П... River Neva – Map of Scandinavia Lake Ladoga (Russian: Ладожское озеро, Finnish: Laatokka) is the largest lake in Europe, located in Karelia, since WWII in northwestern Russia near the border to Finland. The area of the lake is 17,700 km... Lake Ladoga)
Vepses or vepsians are Finnic people that speak Veps language, which belongs to the Baltic-Finnic branch of Finno-ugric family. The self-names of these people in various dialects are vepslaine, bepslaane and (in Northern dialects, South-West of Lake Onega) ludi, ludilaine. In early Russian chronicles they are... Vepsians (South-west of Lake Onega (also known as Onego, Onezhskoe ozero (from Russian, Онежское озеро), and Onezhskoe lake) is a lake in the Russian Federation. Its surface is 9,894 km² and its volume is 280 km³. It is the second largest... Lake Onega)
The Karelians are a Finno-Ugric people, today inhabiting the Russian Republic of Karelia and eastern Finland. During the 20th century many Karelians have been forced to leave Karelia, their descendants now being integrated in the West aswell as in remote ex-Soviet provinces in the East. Contents // Categories: Stub... Karelians ( The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf... Gulf of Finland – Map of Scandinavia Lake Ladoga (Russian: Ладожское озеро, Finnish: Laatokka) is the largest lake in Europe, located in Karelia, since WWII in northwestern Russia near the border to Finland. The area of the lake is 17,700 km... Lake Ladoga – Lake Onega (also known as Onego, Onezhskoe ozero (from Russian, Онежское озеро), and Onezhskoe lake) is a lake in the Russian Federation. Its surface is 9,894 km² and its volume is 280 km³. It is the second largest... Lake Onega)
The ethnic Finns are the dominant ethnic group in Finland, and the largest ethnic minority in Sweden, the Sweden-Finns. An indigenous minority of ethnic Finns also live in Norway, the Kvens. Ethnic Finns share a common language and culture, the Finnish culture, although it is common to make a... Finns (North of The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf... Gulf of Finland)

It is debated[2] (http://www.sgr.fi/ct/ct51.html) whether or not the The Chudes (Chuds, Chud) are people mentioned in Russian chronicles and folk-tales, assosiated with several peoples speaking Baltic Finnic languages, in particular with minority peoples speaking the Veps language in the Russian federation. The name chud may have been first mentioned by Jordanes in 550. The word Chud comes... Chudes (mentioned by Jordanes Years: 546 547 548 549 - 550 - 551 552 553 554 Decades: 520s 530s 540s - 550s - 560s 570s 580s Centuries: 5th century - 6th century - 7th century Events End of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and beginning of the Northern Qi Dynasty in northern China. Northern Qi Wen Xuan Di is the first... 550 A.D.) were an unidentified Finnic tribe or whether a Finnic group might be considered to be the original Chudes. It has also been considered whether or not Russian (русский язык listen?) is the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages. Russian belongs to the group of Indo-European languages, and is therefore related to Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin, as well as the modern Germanic, Romance, and Celtic... Russian chud (чудь) is borrowed from Sami is a general name for a group of Finno-Ugric languages spoken in parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, in Northern Europe. Very often Sami is erroneously referred as one language for all Lappic people. Sami (Sámegiella) Spoken in: Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia Region: Lapland Total... Sami or vice versa.

History

There exist different theories on the Prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history) is the period of human history prior to the advent of writing (which marks the beginning of recorded history). Contents // 1 Eras 2 Age system 2.1 Stone Age 2.2 Bronze Age 2... pre-history of the farming Finnic peoples. The direction of migration over the See Karelia (disambiguation) for other meanings of the name Karelia. The Karelian Isthmus is the narrow stretch of land between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. The city of Vyborg and the town of Priozersk are situated on the northwestern end of the isthmus. In the... Karelian Isthmus during the (1st millennium BC – 1st millennium – 2nd millennium – other millennia) Contents // 1 Events 2 Significant persons 3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 4 Cultural landmarks 5 Centuries and decades Events Beginning of Christianity and Islam London founded by Romans as Londinium Diaspora of the Jews The Olympic Games observed until... 1st millennium is disputed.

However, according to earlier established theories, agricultural Finnics are believed to have inhabited parts of The Baltic Sea The Baltic region (sometimes briefly The Baltics) is an ambiguous term used to denominate an arbitrary region connected to the Baltic Sea (also called The Baltics). The term Balticum has a more precise meaning but is not as common in Belarus, also known as White Russia. Denotation... Balticum before the first millennium. Maybe due to the Germanic and Slavonic Völkerwanderung, maybe due to other reasons, they seem to have migrated into the inland of present-day Finland and This article is about Karelia, the land of the Karelians, in its broadest meaning. See Karelia (disambiguation) for other and more specific usages. Map showing the parts Karelia is traditionally divided into. Karelia is the land of the Karelian people, that inhabitated vast areas in Northern Europe, of historical significance... Karelia in the first millennium. In the first centuries of the second millennium, they reached the Categories: Finland geography stubs | Sweden geography stubs | Seas | Baltic Sea ... Gulf of Bothnia where their descendents today speak Meänkieli. After the The Great Plague was a massive outbreak of disease in Britain that killed 60,000 people, up to a fifth of Londons population in 1665. It is generally believed to have been bubonic plague, an infection by the bacterium Yersinia pestis transmitted via a rat vector. Other infectious agents... Great Plague, a larger immigrant wave swept northern Scandinavia in the (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. Contents // 1 Events 2 Significant people 3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 4 Decades and years Events Beginning of the Little Ice Age... 16th– (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. Historians will sometimes specifically refer to the 18th century as 1715-1789, denoting the period of time between the death... 18th centuries, spanning to Lake Vänern in the south and to the Earths five Oceans Atlantic Ocean Arctic Ocean Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean The Arctic Ocean, located entirely in the north polar region, is the smallest of the worlds five oceans (after the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Southern Ocean), and the shallowest. It occupies a roughly circular... Arctic Sea in the north. While their descendants in the rest of Scandinavia have assimilated, they remain as a distinct minority in northern Norway, where they recognize themselves as Kvens or ... Kvener.

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