Vepsia
Veps may refer to: *Veps (band), an indie pop band from Oslo, Norway *Vepsians, a Finno-Ugric people of northwest Russia *Veps language, the language spoken by the Vepsians *Veps National Volost *Veps Upland See also

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Vepsians
Veps, or Vepsians (), are a Baltic Finns, Baltic Finnic people who speak the Veps language, which belongs to the Finnic languages, Finnic branch of the Uralic languages. According to the 2002 Russian census, there were 8,240 Veps in Russia. Of the 281 Veps in Ukraine, 11 spoke Vepsian according to the 2001 Ukrainian census. The self-designations of these people in various dialects are ''vepslaine'', ''bepslaane'' and (in northern dialects, southwest of Lake Onega) ''lüdinik'' and ''lüdilaine''. Almost all Vepsians are fluent in Russian language, Russian. The younger generation, in general, does not speak Vepsian; however, many have an understanding of the language. Geography In modern times, they live in the area between Lake Ladoga, Lake Onega and Lake Beloye (Vologda Oblast), Lake Beloye – in the Russian Republic of Karelia in the former Veps National Volost, in Leningrad Oblast along the Oyat River in the Podporozhsky District, Podporozhsky and Lodeynopolsky Districts ...
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