Meet the “Vepsians” Russia’s indigenous Baltic Finnic people.
They speak Vespians and Russian languages.
Related ethnic groups
Other Baltic Finns
Especially Karelians, Izhorians, Votians, Estonians, and Finns
They live in the area between Lake Ladoga, Lake Onega and Lake Beloye – in the Russian Republic of Karelia in the former Veps National Volost, in Leningrad Oblast along the Oyat River in the Podporozhsky and Lodeynopolsky Districts and further south in the Tikhvinsky and Boksitogorsky Districts, and in Vologda Oblast in the Vytegorsky and Babayevsky Districts.
They speak Vespians and Russian languages.
Related ethnic groups
Other Baltic Finns
Especially Karelians, Izhorians, Votians, Estonians, and Finns
They live in the area between Lake Ladoga, Lake Onega and Lake Beloye – in the Russian Republic of Karelia in the former Veps National Volost, in Leningrad Oblast along the Oyat River in the Podporozhsky and Lodeynopolsky Districts and further south in the Tikhvinsky and Boksitogorsky Districts, and in Vologda Oblast in the Vytegorsky and Babayevsky Districts.
Mari are another indigenous group of people in Russia.
The Mari also formerly known as the Cheremis or Cheremisses, are a (listed as) Finno-Ugric people in Eastern Europe, who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama rivers in Russia.[They live mostly in the Mari El republic, with significant minorities in Bashkortostan, Perm Krai Tatarstan and Udmurtia.
The languages they speak are Mari and Russian.
The Mari also formerly known as the Cheremis or Cheremisses, are a (listed as) Finno-Ugric people in Eastern Europe, who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama rivers in Russia.[They live mostly in the Mari El republic, with significant minorities in Bashkortostan, Perm Krai Tatarstan and Udmurtia.
The languages they speak are Mari and Russian.