Komi (obsolete: Komi-Zyrians) live in Komi Republic, Murmansk Oblast, Khanty-Mansi autonomous district, and Yamal-Nenets autonomous district of Russia. Their Northermost subgroup is also known as the Komi-Izhemtsy (from the name of the river [Izhma]) or Iz'vataz. This group is distinct for its more traditional, strongly subsistance based economy which includes reindeer husbandry. . Komi language edition of Wikipedia The Komi language, also known as Zyrian, or Komi-Zyrian, is a language spoken by the Komi peoples in the northeastern European part of Russia. ... The Russian Orthodox Church (Русская Православная церковь) is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ... A shaman doctor of Kyzyl. ... Komi (obsolete: Komi-Zyrians) live in Komi Republic, Murmansk Oblast, Khanty-Mansi autonomous district, and Yamal-Nenets autonomous district of Russia. ... The Komi Republic (Russian: ; Komi: Коми Республика) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). ... Murmansk Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Khanty-Mansi autonomous district (Russian: ), or Khantia-Mansia, is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast). ... Yamalia (Yamalo-Nenets, Ямало-Ненецкий автономный округ) is an autonomous district of Tyumen Oblast in the Russian Federation. ...

Komi-Permyaks live in Perm Krai (Komi-Yazvas group) and Kirov Oblast (Upper-Kama Komi group) of Russia. Perm Krai (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 referendum on the merger of Perm Oblast and Permyakia Autonomous District. ... Kirov Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ...

Both Komi languages are written with the Russian alphabet, adding two extra letters: Іі and Ӧӧ. . Komi language edition of Wikipedia The Komi language, also known as Zyrian, or Komi-Zyrian, is a language spoken by the Komi peoples in the northeastern European part of Russia. ... The modern Russian alphabet is a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet (Кириллица). It was introduced into Kievan Rus (Киевская Русь) at the time of its conversion to Christianity (988), or, if certain archaelogical finds are correctly dated, at a slightly earlier date. ...

They may have been much more widespread in the past. Scandinavians knew of prosperous Permyaks (Bjarmians) who were settled in the area of modern Arkhangelsk. Biarmland (or Bjarmaland) was a territory in Northern Europe, Northern Russia, mentioned by early European literature, where Finnic Biarmians lived or rather ruled. ... The city of Arkhangelsk (Архангельск, formerly in English Archangel) lies on the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea in the far north of European Russia, at 64°32′N 40°32′E. It is the capital of the Arkhangelsk Oblast and was the chief sea port of...