Erzya Language,
Erzya or Erzia may refer to: *Erzya language, a Uralic language spoken in Russia *Erzya literature, literature written in the Erzya language *Erzyan Mastor, a splinter group from the Mastorava religion * ''Erzyan Mastor'' (journal), an Erzyan- and Russian-language bilingual newspaper *Erzya people *Stepan Erzia (1876–1959), Mordvin sculptor who lived in Russia See also *Erza (other) Erza may refer to: People * Erza, or Erzya, a subgroup of the indigenous Mordvins of Russia ** Erza Native Religion, Mordvin native religion Given name * Erza Muqoli, French singer Surname * Berthe Erza, French-Algerian singer Fiction * Erza S ...

Erzya Language
The Erzya language (, , ), also Erzian or historically Arisa, is spoken by approximately 300,000 people in the northern, eastern and north-western parts of the Republic of Mordovia and adjacent regions of Nizhny Novgorod, Chuvashia, Penza, Samara, Saratov, Orenburg, Ulyanovsk, Tatarstan and Bashkortostan in Russia. A diaspora can also be found in Armenia and Estonia, as well as in Kazakhstan and other states of Central Asia. Erzya is currently written using Cyrillic with no modifications to the variant used by the Russian language. In Mordovia, Erzya is co-official with Moksha and Russian. The language belongs to the Mordvinic branch of the Uralic languages. Erzya is a language that is closely related to Moksha but has distinct phonetics, morphology and vocabulary. Phonology Consonants The following table lists the consonant phonemes of Erzya together with their Cyrillic equivalents. Note on romanized transcription: in Uralic studies, the members of the palatalized seri ...
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Erzya Literature
Erzya literature is literature written in the Erzya language, which is spoken by about half a million people in the Republic of Mordovia and adjacent regions in Russia. Erzya literature, written using Cyrillic, experienced a renaissance in the 1920s and 1930s. Noted Erzya writers * Aleksej Vasil'evich Dunyashin (8 Feb. 1904–1931) was born in the Erzya village of Poksh Tolkan in Pokhvistneva Raion, Samara Oblast. He wrote feuilletons (satirical and entertaining columns) for various newspapers throughout the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ... from 1924 till his death in 1931. A collection of his writings, "Pidsipalakst" (''Stinging nettles''), was published in 1930.Vasilij D'omin. Сюконян тенк... Эрзянь писательде ёвтне� ...
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Erzyan Mastor
Mordvin Neopaganism, or the Mordvin native religion or Erzyan native religion, is the Neopaganism, modern revival of the ethnic religion of the Mordvins (Erzya people, Erzya), peoples of Volga Finns, Volga Finnic ethnic stock dwelling in the republics of Russia, republic of Mordovia within Russia, or in bordering administrative divisions of Russia, lands of Russia. The religion is often called Mastorava (Mordvin languages, Mordvin for: "Mother Earth"), from Mastorava, the homonymous epic poem or the mother goddess of the Finnic mythologies#Mordvin, Mordvin pantheon. The name of the originating god according to the Mordvin tradition is Ineshkipaz. The Mordvins have been almost fully Christianisation, Christianised since the times of Kievan Rus', although Pagan customs were preserved in the folklore and a few villages completely preserved the native faith at least until further missionary activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in the 17th century and in the early 20th century. The ...
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Erzyan Mastor (journal)
''Erzyan Mastor'' ( myv, Эрзянь Мастор, ' Erzya land') is an Erzyan- and Russian-language bilingual newspaper published by the Foundation for the Salvation of the Erzya Language in Saransk, capital of Mordovia in the Russian Federation. History It was established in the capital of Republica of Mordovia in Saransk on September 20, 1994. Its first editor was Aleksandr Sharonov :''This is a Mordvin name; the given name is Sandra.'' Aleksandr Markovich Sharonov (born 18 February 1942) (russian: Алекса́ндр Ма́ркович Шаро́нов, , alias Sharononj Sandra (Erzya language: Шарононь Сандра .... He was replaced by Maryz Kemal, poetess and executive secretary of the Chilisema Children's Journal in Erzya, who served as chief editor from 1994 – 2017. A case against the newspaper had gone on for two years, beginning on July 23, 2007. The newspaper was accused by Prosecutor General of Mordovia of publishing "extremist materials". On Jun ...
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Erzya People
Erzyas or Erzya people ( myv, Эрзят, ''Erźat'') are one of the Mordvin peoples. Famous people of Erzya descent * Purgaz * Stepan Erzia, Russian sculptor * Nadezhda Kadysheva, Russian singer * Vasily Chapayev, Bolshevik commander * Valeri Vasioukhin, Professor of Cancer Biology, University of Washington See also * Ryazan Principality The Grand Duchy of Ryazan (1078–1521) was a duchy with the capital in Old Ryazan (destroyed by the Mongol Empire in 1237), and then in Pereyaslavl Ryazansky, which later became the modern-day city of Ryazan. It originally split off from the Ch ... References {{Finno-Ugric peoples Volga Finns Finnic peoples Paganism in Europe Lutheranism in Russia Indigenous peoples of Europe Ethnic groups in Russia ...
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Stepan Erzia
Stepan Dmitrievich Erzia (Nefyodov) (russian: Степа́н Дми́триевич Э́рьзя (Нефёдов); – 24 November 1959) was a Mordvin sculptor who lived in Russia and Argentina. Erzia chose his pseudonym after the native ethnic group, the Erzya Mordvins. Biography He was born October 27, 1876 in the village Bayevo, Alatyrsky Uyezd, Simbirsk Governorate of Russian Empire. In 1892 his family moved to Alatyr; Stepan became an apprentice of various icon-painting studios. In 1893–1897 he lived in Kazan, previously at the joiner's shop, later he worked at P. A. Kovalinski's icon-painting studio in Kazan. That time Erzia decorated churches in the various cities and villages of the Volga area and attended Kazan Art School. In 1902–1906 he studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, participating in the exhibitions of the School's students. In 1906-1914 he lived in Italy and France. He took part in the exhibitions in Venice and Milan in 1909, ...
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