Aurora Display in Yakutsk 🌌. The magical northern lights, or aurora borealis, graced the night skies over Yakutsk — a breathtaking display of shimmering greens and purples dancing across the Siberian sky. What makes it even more special is the location — the sacred land of

🎥 Have you ever watched a film in the #Yakut language?.#Yakut cinema is one of the most vibrant and unexpected success stories in the Arctic. The first breakthrough came with "White Day" (2013) by Mikhail Lukachevsky premiered at @imagineNATIVE in Canada, one of the world’s

#SergeyKechimov, #Khanty shaman & folk singer, fought Russia’s oil giants to save sacred Imlor Lake. Jailed for resisting nafta firms, he died at 66 defending his people’s land & culture. #HiddenVoices

#CrimeanTatars .

#AralSea, once the world’s 4th-largest lake, is dying💔Soviet-era irrigation slashed its size 3x, killing fish & salting the seabed. Karakalpakstan’s fishing communities & ecosystems collapse. Spotlight this eco-disaster .#ClimateCrisis #SaveAralSea

💪Their legacy lives in every heart that dares to remember. **Freedom mixed with blood. A legacy carried for centuries.**.What’s a legacy of resistance that inspires you?.#Kazan #Tatarstan #HistoricalFacts.

But in 1552, Ivan the Terrible came. A massive army. Two months of siege. Kazan held - then fell. Walls crumbled. Blood soaked the earth. Mosques burned. A people’s roots were torn apart. The Khanate was gone. Its lands swallowed. Its culture erased. Its faith driven underground.

Ivan III struck in 1469. Kazan stood firm, but peace was brittle. Moscow forced its puppet khans; Kazan pushed back. Tensions simmered, ready to explode. By the 16th century, the fire roared. Campaigns battered Kazan - 1506, 1523, 1530, 1547. Then rose Khan Safa-Giray, a lion of.

🩸**Freedom Forged in Blood**🗡️.In 1438, on the Volga’s banks, Khan Ulugh Muhammad raised the Kazan Khanate’s banner - a spark of defiance. But Moscow’s shadow loomed, hungry for control. A century of war followed. 🧵

RT @jurgenfug: Brass combs with horse-head motifs, carried by Erzya, Moksha and Udmurt women in the 19th century. They were attached to the….

The #Komi people speak a Finno-Ugric language and have ancient ties to the Ural region. Resource extraction (coal, oil, timber) has devastated local ecosystems. Komi media and education face shrinking funding and growing censorship. #Komi #HiddenHistories

The #Erzya are a Finno-Ugric people native to central Russia. Officially grouped with the Moksha as “Mordvins,” they lost ethnic recognition in the 2021 census. Only ~2% of Mordovia's population speaks #Erzya fluently. Calls for cultural autonomy are ignored or mocked by

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#Kalmykia .

#Dagestan .

In 1996, during the First Chechen War, the authorities of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria renamed the city Dzhokhar-Ghala (Chechen: Dƶoxar-Ġala), literally Dzhokhar City, after Dzhokhar Dudayev, the first president of the republic, killed by the Russian armed forces.

August 6 is Victory Day of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. On this day in 1996, Chechen troops liberated the capital of the republic, the city of Grozny (original name Sölƶa-Ġala), from Russian occupation. Unfortunately, the republic was later occupied again.

From Arabic to Cyrillic — the story of Tatar writing is one of struggle, loss, and hope. After 1,000 years with the Arabic script, Tatars were forced in 1927 (by Moscow's order) to switch to Latin (Yanalif), and then again in 1939 — to Cyrillic. And not just the Tatars.

#Tatar.

#Tatarstan .

#Buryats .