Erzya Congress Calls for Pursuing Independence from Russia

Declaring that the Erzya nation cannot survive if it remains within the Russian Federation, a congress of the Erzya people meeting in the Estonian city of Otepaa calls for the pursuit of independence of a federative nation state, Erzyan Mastor, in the Middle Volga, one far larger than the Mordvinian Republic of which the Erzya are now a part.

Hear the Mokshas’ voice

Good day, dear friends!

In this difficult times, more than ever, we must again lend a shoulder to each other for the sake of physical survival. As a result of the colonial seizure by the authority language, the dominance of another ethnic group turned out to be, the advantage of our tongue disappeared. This was facilitated by the extermination of our elite and the fact that as education in schools, on TV and in office work, Russian began to be used instead of Moksha.