Today the Mordvins are scattered from western Siberia to the plains and forests that border the upper Volga. |
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Numerous sports and games are played at the religious festivals of the Mordvins, especially foot races and horse races, and other contests. |
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The territory inhabited by the Mordvins became a part of what is now considered Russia in 1552, after the defeat of the Mongol horde. |
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The Mordvins have retained a rich body of oral literature and music, much of which was recorded in the Soviet era. |
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The traditional homeland of the Mordvins are the Moksha and Sura river valleys and their tributaries. |
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In the lands of the Mordvins and Mari, river names of Baltic origin are quite rare. |
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The Mordvins live in smallish scattered groups across a wide stretch of central and eastern Russia. |
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The first reliable mention of the Mordvins is by the historian Jordanes in the 6th century. |
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The Mordvins are divided linguistically and ethnically into two groups, the Erzya and the Moksha. |
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Like the Mordvins, the Mari came under the rule of the Mongols and Tatars and later the Russians. |
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Among the Mordvins, Paz, like the Slavic Bog, enters into the homes bringing abundance. |
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There are about 1.2 million Mordvins living in Mordva, Russia. |
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The Mishars had arrived during the period of the Golden Horde and gradually assimilated the resident Finnic Mordvins and Burtas. |
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In the north it is known in an area extending from eastern Finland to the Ob River, and in the south it is found, for example, among the Mordvins. |
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The numbers of Chechens, Bashkirs, Moldovans, Ingush, Mordvins, Armenians, Greeks, Kyrgyz, Bulgarians, Lezgins, Turkmens and an absolute majority of the other peoples of Kazakhstan also declined. |
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As of this academic year, efforts are being made to deliver instruction through the Mordvin languages in all elementary schools where Mordvins are in the majority. |
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