Russia celebrates 90th anniversary of the erosion of the Moksha and Erzya ethnic groups
Both the Moksha and Erzya nations have long sought their own statehood – even if it is formal, but their own. However, Moscow decided otherwise. Understanding that the national movements would not calm down, in 1928 Moscow decided to go for a “compromise” – on the basis of the Saransk district, to “separate” the Moksha and Erzya into the Mordovian district, which in 1930 became the autonomy, and in 1934 turned into the Republic, the task of which was to destroy the Erzya and Moksha ethnic groups and create an artificial Mordvin substrate, which was easier to Russify.
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