Belyak was a fief or administrative subdivision in Medieval Volga Finnic states.
Etymology
The same as beylik,3 equivalent of county in other parts of Europe.4
Medieval Volga Finnic States
Main articles: Temnikov Principality and Mukhsha Ulus
Temnikov Principality and Mordvin Horde were divided into belyaks. After Russian Colonization they transformed into uyezds,5 modern day raions and aimaks in Mordovia.
See also
- Aimak – administrative subdivision in Mordovia
- El, ancient Volga Finnic term for country, state. See Mari El, Udmurt Elkun, Moxel (Mokshaland)
Sources
- Smirnov, Ivan (2020), Vostochnyye finny. Vol. 1. Privolzhskaya, ili Bulgarskaya gruppa. Part 2. Mordva., Nobel Press, ISBN 978-5-458-10163-9
- Geraklitov, Aleksandr (2011), Selected Works. Vol. 1. Mordovsky belyak, Mordovia Republic Humanities Research Institute, ISBN 978-5-900029-78-8
External links
- Maksum Akchurin, Andrey Belyakov (2017). "Mordvinian Belyaks and Tatar Princes" (PDF). Sh.Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences Publ. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
- Mokshin, Nikolay (2013). "From The History Of The Christianisation Mordvinians based on Shatsky County". Sociopolitical Sciences No 2-13: 5–9. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- Napolnikova, Polina (2015). "Owners of Tsna region in the Middle Ages". Tambov University Review. Series: Humanities. 10 (150). Tambov University Review: 79–85. doi:10.20310/1810-0201-2015-20-10-79-85. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
References
Smirnov 2020 - Smirnov, Ivan (2020), Vostochnyye finny. Vol. 1. Privolzhskaya, ili Bulgarskaya gruppa. Part 2. Mordva., Nobel Press, ISBN 978-5-458-10163-9 https://www.sima-land.ru/5685164/vostochnye-finny-tom-1-privolzhskaya-ili-bulgarskaya-gruppa-chast-2-mordva-i-n-cmirnov/ ↩
Geraklitov 2011 - Geraklitov, Aleksandr (2011), Selected Works. Vol. 1. Mordovsky belyak, Mordovia Republic Humanities Research Institute, ISBN 978-5-900029-78-8 http://www.niign.ru/izdatelskaya-deyatelnost/nauchnyie-izdaniya/aleksandr-geraklitov.-izbrannoe.-ch.1 ↩
Napolnikova 2015 - Napolnikova, Polina (2015). "Owners of Tsna region in the Middle Ages". Tambov University Review. Series: Humanities. 10 (150). Tambov University Review: 79–85. doi:10.20310/1810-0201-2015-20-10-79-85. Retrieved 2022-03-15. https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/vladeltsy-potsenya-epohi-srednevekovya ↩
Mokshin 2013 - Mokshin, Nikolay (2013). "From The History Of The Christianisation Mordvinians based on Shatsky County". Sociopolitical Sciences No 2-13: 5–9. Retrieved 2022-03-15. https://urvak.org/articles/sotsia-vypusk-4-iz-istorii-kreshcheniya-mordvy-po- ↩
Smirnov 2020 - Smirnov, Ivan (2020), Vostochnyye finny. Vol. 1. Privolzhskaya, ili Bulgarskaya gruppa. Part 2. Mordva., Nobel Press, ISBN 978-5-458-10163-9 https://www.sima-land.ru/5685164/vostochnye-finny-tom-1-privolzhskaya-ili-bulgarskaya-gruppa-chast-2-mordva-i-n-cmirnov/ ↩