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The first to write about the anthropological characteristics of Moksha and Erzya was the German encyclopedist, naturalist and traveler in the Russian service Peter Simon Pallas (1773), according to whose observations there were fewer light-blond and red-haired Mokshas than Erzyans, however, the latter also had dark blond hair. [31]
Moksha (Russian: Мо́кша, Moksha: Йов) is a river in central Russia, a right tributary of the Oka. It flows through Penza Oblast , Nizhny Novgorod Oblast , Ryazan Oblast and the Republic of Mordovia , and joins the Oka near Pyatnitsky Yar, near the city of Kasimov .
The Tsna (in its upper part: Mokraya Vershina) is a river in the Tambov and Ryazan oblasts of Russia, a left tributary of the Moksha (Volga basin). The length of the river is 451 km. [2] The catchment area is 21500 km². [2] The height of the mouth is 86 m above sea level. [3] On the river are the cities of Kotovsk, Tambov, Morshansk, Sasovo
Moksha is the majority language in the western part of Mordovia. Due to differences in phonology, lexicon, and grammar, Erzya and Moksha are not mutually intelligible, to the extent that the Russian language is often used for intergroup communications. The two Mordvinic languages also have separate literary forms.
Atlasov Island from space, September 1992 Kunashir Island coastline: photo taken by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in November 2010 The Shamanka Шаманка , a holy rock in Shamanism and one of the 9 most holy places in Asia, on the westcoast of Olkhon
An oil pipeline and gas main runs from Okha to Komsomolsk-on-Amur on the Russian mainland. A number of oil wells exist in close proximity to the town, mainly controlled by the company Rosneft . In 1920, during the Siberian Intervention , Japan occupied the northern part of Sakhalin Island, returning it to the Soviet Union in 1925 after the ...
The Meshchera (Russian: мещера, meshchera or мещёра, meshchyora) lived in the territory between the Oka River and the Klyazma River. It was a land of forests, bogs and lakes. The area is still called the Meshchera Lowlands. The first Russian written source which mentions them is the Tolkovaya Paleya, from the 13th century. They are ...
Alternative name: Arabic: كبير, romanized: Kabeer, lit. 'Great' IPA ['ka.biːr] [3] Location: Penza Oblast, Russia: Region: Moxel: Coordinates: 1] [2]: Type: Cultural: Length: 2000: Width: 900: History; Material: stone: Founded: before 7th c AD: Abandoned: 1600s: Periods: Early Middle Ages: Cultures: Saltovo-Mayaki: Satellite of: Khazar Khaganate (since 8th c.): Events: Mongol Takeover in ...