The Erzyas (also Erzyans, Erzya people; Erzya: эрзят, romanized: erzat, Russian: эрзяне, romanized: erzyane) are one of the Mordvin peoples.[2]
Famous people of Erzya descent
- Purgaz
- Syreś Boläeń, public figure, poet and translator, half-Erzya
- Stepan Erzia, Russian sculptor
- Nadezhda Kadysheva, Russian singer
- Vasily Chapayev, Bolshevik commander
See also
References
- ^ "Официальная публикация итогов Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года. Т. 1. Численность и размещение населения". Федеральная служба государственной статистики (in Russian). Russian Federal State Statistics Service. 2010.
- ^ Erza We Are!, Two languages – two nations
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