Erzyas

 ( Volga Finns ) 

The Erzyas (also Erzyans', Erzya people; ; ) are a Finno-Ugric ethnic group. Their native language is Erzya language. They are closely related to but distinct from Mokshas, and together they are often called , especially by outsiders.Salo, Merja: Mordvalaiset. In Laakso, Johanna (ed.): Uralilaiset kansat: tietoa suomen sukukielistä ja niiden puhujista. WSOY, 1991.

• Syreś Boläeń, public figure, poet and translator, half-Erzya
• Vasily Chapayev, Bolsheviks commander
• Stepan Erzia, Russian sculptor
• Yakov Grigoshin, writerSalo, Merja: Mordvalaiset, pp. 175–176. In Laakso, Johanna (ed.): Uralilaiset kansat: tietoa suomen sukukielistä ja niiden puhujista. WSOY, 1991.
• Nadezhda Kadysheva, Russian singer
• Mariz Kemal, writer
• Purgaz, leader

• Shoksha