The Erzyas (also ''Erzyans'', ''Erzya people''; , ) are one of the Mordvin peoples.Erza We Are!, Two languages – two nations
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Famous people of Erzya descent

* Purgaz * Syreś Boläeń, public figure, poet and translator, half-Erzya * Stepan Erzia, Russian sculptor * Nadezhda Kadysheva, Russian singer *

Vasily Chapayev Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev (; 5 September 1919) was a Russian soldier and Red Army commander during the Russian Civil War. Biography Chapayev was born into a poor peasant family in a village called , now part of Cheboksary. During World War I ...

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Famous people of Erzya descent

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