Mokshas

For other uses, see Moksha (disambiguation).
Moksha
Alternative name:
Mordvin-Moksha

Zubu Moksha women. Photo by Ivan Dubasov.
Total population
~ 19,869[1][2][3][4]
Regions with significant populations
 Russia: 11,801[1]
 Estonia~ 368 (with Erzya)[5]
 Kazakhstan8,013 (with Erzya)[3]
 United States?
 Australia< 15 (with Erzya)[4]
Languages
Moksha, Russian, Tatar
Religion
Russian Orthodoxy, Lutheranism, Paganism
Related ethnic groups
other Volga Finns, particularly Erzya

The Mokshas (also Mokshans, Moksha people; Moksha: Мокшет/Mokšet) comprise a Mordvinian ethnic group belonging to the Volgaic branch of the Finno-Ugric peoples.[6] They live in Russia, mostly near the Volga and Moksha rivers,[7] a tributary of the Oka River.

Outfit of the bride. Сhest decorations. Mordvins-moksha, Tambov province, Temnikov uezd, XIX - beg.XX centuries

Their native language is Mokshan, one of the two surviving members of the Mordvinic branch of the Uralic language family. According to a 1994 Russian census, 49% of the autochthonal Finnic population in Mordovia identified themselves as Mokshas, totaling more than 180,000 people.[8] Most Mokshas belong to the Russian Orthodox Church; other religions practised by Mokshas include Lutheranism[9] and paganism.

  1. ^ a b Национальный состав населения Российской Федерации согласно переписи населения 2021 года [Ethnic composition of the population of the Russian Federation according to the census of 2021] (in Russian). rosstat.gov.ru. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  2. ^ "Mari Uver". mariuver.com. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
  3. ^ a b Смаилова, А. (2010). Национальный состав, вероисповедание и владения языками в Республике Казахстан: итоги Национальной переписи населения 2009 года в Республике Казахстан. Статистический сборник [Ethnic composition, religion and language proficiency in the Republic of Kazakhstan: results of the 2009 census in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Statistical collection] (in Russian). Астана: Агентство Республики Казахстан по статистике. p. 297.
  4. ^ a b «Молокане: материалы к истории» [Molokans: materials for history]. молокане.рф (in Russian). 2008–2024. Archived from the original on 2024-07-21.
  5. ^ "RL21442: POPULATION BY ETHNIC NATIONALITY, MOTHER TONGUE, CITIZENSHIP, SEX, AGE GROUP AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE (SETTLEMENT REGION), 31 DECEMBER 2021". Statistics Estonia. 2021-12-31. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  6. ^ Pimenoff, Ville Nikolai (2008). LIVING ON THE EDGE: Population genetics of Finno-Ugric-speaking humans in North Eurasia (PDF) (Thesis). Helsinki. ISBN 978-952-10-4913-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-12.
  7. ^ Vuorela, Toivo (1964). The Finno-Ugric Peoples. Indiana University. p. 221.
  8. ^ Goskomstat (1995). Goskomstat of Russia, 1994 Microcensus of Russia, topical results (8 volumes). Moscow: Goskomstat.
  9. ^ Inkerin kirkko – Церковь Ингрии [Inkerin kirkko – Church of Ingri]. Inkerinkirkko.fi. 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-11-03.