Mordvins
Mordvins (also Mordvinians, Mordovians; Russian: мордва, romanized: Mordva, lit. 'Mordvins'; no equivalents in Moksha and Erzya) is an official term used in the Russian Federation to refer both to Erzyas and Mokshas since 1928.
Мордовский народ | |
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Archive photo 'We thank Comrade Stalin for our Mordvin Autonomy", 1950's | |
| Total population | |
| 806,000 (2010) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
Russia
| 744,237 (2010) |
| Languages | |
| Primarily Russian, also Erzya, Moksha | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Orthodox Christianity Minority: Mordvin Native Religion Molokans and Jumpers | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Soviet people (Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Kazakhs, Azerbaijani, Armenians, Georgians, Uzbeks, Kyrgyz, Tajiks, Turkmens, Latvians, Estonians, Lithuanians) | |
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