Mordovia Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
federal subject of Russia, republic of Russia
About Mordovia
Mordovia is named for its native Finno-Ugric minorities, the Moksha and the Erzya, which by theSoviet Unionwere regarded as one people: Mordvins. Their languages are closely related but not mutually intelligible. The Moksha live primarily in the west of the republic; the Erzya in the north and northeast. Ethnic Russians, however, comprise the majority of Mordovia's population. Mordovia is mostly flat, heavily forested, and dotted with lakes. The main rivers cutting through the region are the Sura and the Moksha. In the first half of 1990s the level of social and economical development of the republic declined and by mid 1990s the livestock farming was in crisis. In the second half of 90s the situation began stabilizing, a part of plants adjusted to changing economic relations.
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