Votians

"Vote people" redirects here. For other uses, see Vote (disambiguation).
Votians
vađđalaizõd
Flag of Votians
Total population
99+
Regions with significant populations
 Russia99 (2020)[1]
 Estonia4 (2011)[2]
Languages
Votic, Russian, Ingrian, Estonian
Religion
Eastern Orthodox
Lutheran
Poluverniki
Related ethnic groups
Other Baltic Finns
Especially Estonians, Livonians, Setos, and Võros
Alternative flag

Votians, also referred to as Votes, Vots and Vods (Votic: ва́ддялайзыд, vađđalaizõd; Russian: водь; Estonian: vadjalased; Finnish: vatjalaiset) are a Finnic ethnic group native to historical Ingria, the part of modern-day northwestern Russia that is roughly southwest of Saint Petersburg and east of the Estonian border-town of Narva. The Finnic Votic language spoken by Votians is close to extinction. The language is still spoken in three villages of historical Votia and by an unknown number of speakers in the countryside. The villages are Jõgõperä (Krakolye), Liivcülä (Peski), and Luuditsa (Luzhitsy).[3] In the Russian 2020 census, 99 people identified as Votian.[4]

Votians were one of the founding people of Veliky Novgorod.

  1. ^ "Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2020 года. Таблица 1. Национальный состав населения" [Results of the All-Russian population census 2020. Table 1. National composition of the population.]. rosstat.gov.ru. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  2. ^ RL0428: Rahvastik rahvuse, soo ja elukoha järgi, 31. detsember 2011
  3. ^ Eesti Rahva Muuseum: Vadjalased (in Estonian) (Archived)
  4. ^ "Итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2020 года. Таблица 1. Национальный состав населения" [Results of the All-Russian population census 2020. Table 1. National composition of the population.]. rosstat.gov.ru. Retrieved 2023-01-03.