“Used Estonian” should probably read “tried to use”. My active vocabulary doesn’t go much beyond pleasantries and ordering meals in restaurants. But the students I was with spoke it fluently. Their ...
The Mari El Republic in central Russia is home to the Mari people, an ethnic minority that proudly preserves its traditions. Sometimes described as "Europe's last pagans," locals speak a Finno-Ugric ...
The Mari people of central Russia speak a distinct language and practice a separate religion from their Christian neighbors. Photographer Sergei Poteryaev and reporter Regina Khisamova attended a ...