1st Edition

The Finno-Ugric Republics and the Russian State

By Rein Taagepera Copyright 1999
464 Pages
by Routledge

340 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 2000. This text provides a survey of the peoples who speak Finno-Ugric languages and have titular republics or autonomous regions within the post-Soviet Russian federation. Their languages have set them apart from their Turkic and Russian neighbours and helped to preserve their distinct identity, including their animist religious practices. Previous works on this subject were... Read more
The Finno-Ugric Republics in the world context; historical overview; Western Finno-Ugric nations - Hungary, Finland, Estonia; Karelia - orthodox Finland; Moksherzia - the bee-keepers; Mariel - Europe's last animists; Udmurtia - the Redhead Sun children; Kominu - the northernmost alphabet; Hanti-Mansia and Nenetsia - the Arctic oil curse; Finno-Ugric Republics and the future of Russian democracy.

Biography

Rein Taagepera