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Autosomally, Mari people stand out as an ethnic group in Europe by having a high level of Siberian-related admixture. [41] Tambets and others estimated that it is 35 percent of their ancestry. This Nganasan-like Siberian component is typical for Uralic-speaking groups. [39]
The Eastern Mari are a subgroup of the Mari people, a Volga Finnic ethnic group of Russia. Eastern Mari comprise those Mari living outside of the Mari El Republic, east of the Vyatka River in the Kama and Ural regions. [1] They are concentrated in Bashkortostan, particularly in the Mishkinsky District, Birsky District, and in Neftekamsk.
The Meadow Mari are a subgroup of the Mari people, a Volga Finnic ethnic group concentrated in the republic of Mari El in Russia. Meadow Mari comprise the majority of Mari in the Mari El republic. [1] [2] They live on the right bank of the Volga river, while the Hill Mari people live on the left bank.
Mari religion (Mari: Чимарий йӱла, romanized: Čimarii jüla), also called Mari paganism, is the ethnic religion of the Mari people, a Volga Finnic ethnic group based in the republic of Mari El, in Russia. The religion has undergone changes over time, particularly under the influence of neighbouring monotheisms.
Mari El, one of Russia's ethnic republics, was established for the indigenous Mari people, a Finno-Ugric nation who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama Rivers. The majority of the republic's population are ethnic Russians (52.5%), with a significant Mari minority (40.1%), and smaller minority populations of Tatars and Chuvash .
The Volga Finns [a] are a historical group of peoples living in the vicinity of the Volga, who speak Uralic languages. Their modern representatives are the Mari people, the Erzya and the Moksha (commonly grouped together as Mordvins) [3] [4] as well as speakers of the extinct Merya, Muromian and Meshchera languages. [5]
In the context of European ethnography in particular, the terms ethnic group, people, nationality and ethno-linguistic group are used as mostly synonymous, although preference may vary in usage with respect to the situation specific to the individual countries of Europe. [3]
Mari people executed by the Soviet Union (3 P) M. Mari language (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Mari people" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.