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Encyclopedia > Udmurt people

The Udmurts are a people who speak the Finno-Ugric Udmurt language. Through history they have been known in Russia as chuds, otezkaya, or votyaks, and in Tatarstan as ar. Geographical distribution of Finno-Ugric (Finno-Permic in blue, Ugric in green). ... Udmurt (удмурт кыл, udmurt kyl) is a Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Udmurts, native of the Russian constituent republic of Udmurtia, where it is co-official with the Russian language. ... 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 Republic of Tatarstan (Russian: Респу́блика Татарста́н or Тата́рия; Tatar: Татарстан Республикасы/Tatarstan Respublikası) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ...


Most Udmurt people live in Udmurtia. This article is currently being expanded and converted over to the new format proposed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Russian federal subjects. ...


One of the groups of Udmurts is the Bisermän. The Bisermän are a group of Udmurt people. ...


External links

  • http://www.ugri.info/

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AllRefer.com - Udmurt Republic (CIS And Baltic Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (493 words)
The Udmurt Republic is an important part of the Urals industrial area; its growth was particularly spurred by the evacuation during World War II of many industries from W Russia to the less vulnerable Urals region.
The Udmurts, representing the eastern branch of the Finno-Ugrian nationalities, are related to the Mari and the Komi.
The S Udmurts were subject to the Kazan khanate from the 13th to the late 15th cent., while the northern territory constituted the Vyatka republic.
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