people
Merya
also: мерь, меря
A Finno-Ugric tribe of the upper Volga basin, gradually assimilated by the East Slavs; cited alongside the Drevlyans and Krivichi as a pre-Christian forebear of the Russians.
Reading notes
- Krasnaya Gorka §4 Merya
A Finno-Ugric tribe of the upper Volga region, gradually assimilated by the East Slavs; grouped by Chekhov with the Drevlyans and Krivichi as emblematic pre-Christian 'ancestors' of the Russians.