Erzyas Explained

Group:	Erzya
Native Name:	Эрзят
Native Name Lang:	Erzya
Total:	57,008
Total Year:	2010
Total Source:	census
Total Ref:	^[1]
Regions:
Languages:	Erzya, Russian
Religions:	Orthodox Christianity, Erzyan native religion, Lutheranism
Related Groups:	Other Volga Finns, particularly Moksha and Mari
Flag:	Erzya Flag.svg

The Erzyas (also Erzyans, Erzya people; Erzya: эрзят|erzat, Russian: эрзяне|erzyane) are one of the Mordvin peoples.^[2]

Famous people of Erzya descent

• Purgaz
• Syreś Boläeń, public figure, poet and translator, half-Erzya
• Stepan Erzia, Russian sculptor
• Nadezhda Kadysheva, Russian singer
• Vasily Chapayev, Bolshevik commander

See also

• Shoksha

Notes and References

1. Web site: Официальная публикация итогов Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года. Т. 1. Численность и размещение населения . Федеральная служба государственной статистики . . Russian . 2010.
2. http://www.suri.ee/inf/erzaen.html Erza We Are!, Two languages – two nations