Erzyas or Erzya people ( myv, Эрзят, ''Erźat'') are one of the

Mordvin people The Mordvins (also Unified Mordvin people, Mordvinians, Mordovians; russian: мордва, Mordva (slur), Mordva, Mordvins (no equivalents in Moksha language, Moksha and Erzya language, Erzya)) is an obsolete but official term used in the Russi ...

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Famous people of Erzya descent

Purgaz Purgaz or Inäzor Purgaz ( myv, Пургаз (Инязор Пургаз), russian: Пургас, ''Purgas'') was an Erzän leader in the first half of the 13th century. He was a Grand Duke (''inäzor'') of the Erzän Principality of Purgaz. Bei ...

* Stepan Erzia, Russian sculptor *

Nadezhda Kadysheva Nadezhda Nikitichna Kadysheva (russian: Надeжда Никитична Кадышeва, ; born 1 June 1959, Gorki, Leninogorsky District, Tatar ASSR) is Russian singer of Erzyan heritage, soloist of the Zolotoe Koltso. Honorary Citizen of Bug ...

, Russian singer *

Vasily Chapayev Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev or Chapaev (russian: link=no, Василий Иванович Чапаев; 5 September 1919) was a Russian soldier and Red Army commander during the Russian Civil War. Biography Chapayev was born into a poor peasan ...

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

commander *

Valeri Vasioukhin The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name ''Valerius''—that explains the variant spelling Valéry (). The S ...

, Professor of Cancer Biology, University of Washington

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Famous people of Erzya descent

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