Total population | |
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approx. 553,000 (2002) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Russia, largely located in the Komi Republic, Perm Krai, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Arkhangelsk Oblast, and Murmansk Oblast | |
Russia |
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Ukraine |
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CIS |
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Estonia |
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Finland |
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Languages | |
Russian, Komi (Zyryan, Permyak, Yazva) | |
Religion | |
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Related ethnic groups | |
Udmurts, other Permians |
The Komi (Komi: комияс, romanized: komijas also коми-войтыр, komi-vojtyr) are an Indigenous Permian ethnic group whose homeland is in the northeast of European Russia around the basins of the Vychegda, Pechora and Kama rivers. They mostly reside in the Komi Republic, Perm Krai, Murmansk Oblast, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in the Russian Federation.[7]