Mari people

Mari
  • мари
  • Марий-влак
Meadow Mari family c. 1900.
Total population
c. 600,000[citation needed]
Regions with significant populations
Russia
    Mari El
423,803
    246,560[1]
Kazakhstan5,289[2]
Ukraine4,130[3]
Belarus416[4]
Estonia241[5]
Latvia234[6]
Languages
Religion
Related ethnic groups
Other Finno-Ugric peoples

The Mari (/ˈmɑːri/ MAR-ee),[a] also formerly known as the Cheremis or Cheremisses,[b][7][8] are a Finno-Ugric people who have traditionally lived along the Volga and Kama rivers in Russia.[7] They live mostly in the Mari El republic, with significant minorities in Bashkortostan, Perm Krai, Tatarstan and Udmurtia.[7]

  1. ^ "Ethnic groups of Russia in the 2021 census" (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  2. ^ "2021 National Census" (PDF). Bureau of National Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan. p. 6. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Distribution of the population by nationality and native language". All-Ukrainian Population Census 2001 (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Committee of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Ethnic composition of Belarus — Census of 2009" (in Russian). Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Population by ethnic nationality, place of residence and sex" (in Estonian). Statistics Estonia. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Latvijas iedzīvotāju sadalījums pēc nacionālā sastāva un valstiskās piederības" [Population distribution of Latvia by ethnic composition and citizenship] (PDF) (in Latvian). Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs — Republic of Latvia. 1 January 2019. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  7. ^ a b c Waldman & Mason 2006, p. 517.
  8. ^ The Territories of the Russian Federation 2009. Routledge. 2 June 2009. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-135-24775-1.


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