Buske

Preface Writing a general overview of the toponyms of any language is a challenging task in itself It is especially so if we wish to do it in a way that also considers the historical features of toponyms and toponym formation. The documented history of names covers a thousand years in the case...

Finno-Ugric Peoples in the Volga Region Introduction In memory of A. P. Feoktistov Mordvin belongs to tlie Finno-Volgaic branch of the Finno-Ugric language family; its closest relatives are Mari,' Saami, Finnish, Estonian and some smaller Baltic Finnic languages. According to the 2010 census,...