Meryans
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Assimilated into Russians; however, some people have begun to identify as Meryan again | |
| Languages | |
| Meryan (reconstructed form), Russian | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Finnic peoples, Mari people |
The Meryans (Russian: меряне, romanized: meryane) or Merya people (Russian: меря, romanized: merya) were an ancient Finnic people that lived in the Upper Volga region. The Primary Chronicle places them around the Nero and Pleshcheyevo lakes. They were assimilated by the Russians by the 17th century, but there has been a modern revival of Meryan culture and language, termed Meryan ethnofuturism.