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Silver coins in Volga Muslim dresses Following the Muscovite
Silver coins in Volga Muslim dresses Following the Muscovite conquest of Kazan in 1552, the Volga Tatars, like other Volga peoples, were banished fro...

Problems of foreign connections in the post-Soviet
Problems of foreign connections in the post-Soviet world Volgaism, as a movement, is not xenophobic or hostile to foreign connections. The cultural ...

Mutual appropriation of religion in the Volga region It has
Mutual appropriation of religion in the Volga region It has been mentioned in previous posts how Orthodox missionaries appropriated Mari motifs in ch...

Hungarians in the Volga region Considering that the Volga-Kama
Hungarians in the Volga region Considering that the Volga-Kama region has been the meeting place of so many diverse peoples throughout its long histo...

The Cathedral of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God in
The Cathedral of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God in Koz’modem’yansk is probably the most famous cathedral in Mari El. Completed in 1872, i...

Akpatyr Although the Mari faith is often simplified as purely
Akpatyr Although the Mari faith is often simplified as purely nature worship, it is also based on legendary ancestor-heroes and can be considered a t...

The ethnonym “Tatar” As the largest and most influential
The ethnonym “Tatar” As the largest and most influential ethnic group in the Middle Volga, it may come as a surprise that the Tatars only began t...