Bessermen

Language groupFinno-Ugrian
LanguageBessermenic-Udmurtic
RegionThe northern part of Udmurtia
ReligionChristianity (Russian Orthodox)

*Population estimates for 1994

The Bessermen are an ethnographic group of Udmurts. They live in Balezinsky, Yukamensky, and Glazoosky districts of Udmurtia. They speak the Udmurtic language with some peculiarities.

The question about the Bessermen’s origin remains disputable. The ethnographic and historical facts allow to see in the Bessermen the Bulgarian descendants of the Volga-Kama area.

Those Bessermen who believe belong to the Orthodox faith.

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