Мордовский народ | |
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Total population | |
806,000 (2010) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Russia
| 484,450 (2021)[2] |
Languages | |
Primarily Russian, also Erzya, Moksha | |
Religion | |
Majority: Orthodox Christianity Minority: Mordvin Native Religion Molokans and Jumpers[3] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Uralic peoples (Mari, Permians, Mansi, Khanty, Finns, Samoyeds, Sámi, Estonians, Hungarians); Soviet peoples (Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Kazakhs, Azerbaijani, Armenians, Georgians, Uzbeks, Kyrgyz, Tajiks, Turkmens, Latvians, Estonians, Lithuanians) |
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.[4]