Vepses
Flag of Vepsia
Total population	8,500
Regions with significant populations	Russia
Language	Russian, Vepsian
Religion	Russian Orthodoxy
Related ethnic groups	other Finnic peoples

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. Image File history File links Flag_of_Vepsia. ... Veps language, spoken by the Vepses, belongs to the Baltic-Finnic group of the Finno-Ugric languages. ... 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. ... Finnic peoples (Fennic, sometimes Baltic-Finnic) refer, particularly in present-day English usage of Finland and Estonia, to what are perceived as culturally related ethnic groups, i. ... Finnic peoples (Fennic, sometimes Baltic-Finnic) refer, particularly in present-day English usage of Finland and Estonia, to what are perceived as culturally related ethnic groups, i. ... Veps language, spoken by the Vepses, belongs to the Baltic-Finnic group of the Finno-Ugric languages. ... Lake Onega (also known as Onego, Onezhskoe ozero (from Russian, Онежское озеро), and Onezhskoe lake) is a lake in the Russian Federation. ...

In early Russian chronicles they are called "Весь" (Ves).

Presently they live compactly in Republic of Karelia in the area between Lake Ladoga, Lake Onega (Äänisjärv) and White Lake (Valgjärv, Белое Озеро), in Leningrad Oblast by the Oyat River, and in the Eastern part of the Leningrad Oblast with the part of Vologda Oblast. The Republic of Karelia (Russian: ) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... Map of lake Ladoga Towpath Bridge between Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega (from a photograph taken ca. ... Lake Onega (also known as Onego, Onezhskoe ozero (from Russian, Онежское озеро), and Onezhskoe lake) is a lake in the Russian Federation. ... Leningrad Oblast (Russian: , tr. ... Categories: Stub | Oblasts of Russia ...

According to the 2002 census, there were 8240 Vepses in Russia. Out of the 281 Vepses of Ukraine, 11 speaks Vepsian. (Ukr. Census 2001) For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...

Vepses etc. tribes. An approximative map of the non-Varangian cultures in Europe, in the 9th century.

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External links

• Vepsians organization
• Effort to vitalise the Vepsian language
• The Peoples of the Red Book: THE VEPS