 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| assimilated, however some people have begun to identify as Meryan again | |
| Languages | |
| Meryan (reconstructed form), Russian | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Finnic peoples, Mari people |
The Meryans (also Merya people; Russian: меряне, meryane or меря, marya) were an ancient Finnic people that lived in the Upper Volga region.[1][2] The Primary Chronicle places them around the Nero and Pleshcheyevo lakes. They were assimilated to Russians around the 13th century,[3] but there has been a modern revival of Meryan culture and language, termed Meryan ethnofuturism.
- ^ Меря // Отечественная история. История России с древнейших времен до 1917 года: Энциклопедия / Глав. ред. В. Л. Янин. — М.: Большая российская энциклопедия, 2000. — Т. 3. К—М. — С. 559—560.
- ^ Матвеев А. К. Субстратная топонимия русского Севера и мерянская проблема // Вопросы языкознания. — 1996. — № 1. — С. 3—23.
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