Pagan survival in former USSR
http://www.allnewsweb.com/page8998996.php
The Mari are a Finno-Ugrian people along the Volga river in the former Soviet Union. They are one of the last pagan peoples of Europe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_people
The republic of Mari El is located in the Volga region of the former USSR. The Mari people make up approximately 42% of the total population of the republic. During Csarist and Soviet rule they were subject to heavy Russification policies. The policies continue under the current president who has ordered the closing of several Mari language newspapers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_El
The Mari now keep a website (translated below) in order to make their situation known to the larger world
http://translate.google.com/translate?sourceid=navclient&hl=en-GB&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2emari%2del%2ename%2f2008%2f03%2f24%2fsobranie%5fdukhovnykh%5fliderov%2ehtml
Naoi Beannachtai,
Eremon
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