Vepsians

E657055
Finno-Ugric people ethnic group

Vepsians are a small Finno-Ugric ethnic group indigenous to northwestern Russia, known for their distinct Uralic language and traditional rural culture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Vepsians canonical 3
Veps 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Finno-Ugric people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
censusClassification separate ethnic group in Russian census ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation
culturalPreservation Veps cultural organizations ⓘ
Veps-language schools ⓘ
culturalRegion Baltic-Finnic cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalMention medieval Russian chronicles ⓘ
historicalName Chud NERFINISHED ⓘ
indigenousTo Lake Ladoga region ⓘ
Lake Onega region ⓘ
Leningrad Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Karelia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vologda Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwestern Russia ⓘ
language Veps language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Uralic languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Finnic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
minorityStatus national minority in Russia ⓘ
populationTrend declining ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous small-numbered people of the North, Siberia and the Far East of Russia ⓘ
relatedEthnicity Estonians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Finns NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karelians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Votes ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

folk religion ⓘ
selfDesignation vepsläižed ⓘ
traditionalClothing embroidered shirts ⓘ
headscarves ⓘ
traditionalCraft embroidery ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
woodworking ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalHousing wooden log houses ⓘ
traditionalMusic folk songs ⓘ
runic singing ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeatures ancestor worship ⓘ
veneration of nature spirits ⓘ
UNESCOStatus language endangered ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Russian Republic of Karelia → ethnicGroup → Vepsians ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic of Karelia
Finno-Ugric peoples → hasMember → Vepsians ⓘ
Izhorians → neighboringGroup → Vepsians ⓘ
Ludic people → ethnicallyRelatedTo → Vepsians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Veps
Chud → relatedTo → Vepsians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Veps