Belyak (unit)
Belyak was a fief or administrative subdivision in Medieval Volga Finnic states.[1][2]
Etymology
[edit]The same as beylik,[3] equivalent of county in other parts of Europe.[4]
Medieval Volga Finnic States
[edit]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
[edit]- Aimak – administrative subdivision in Mordovia
- El, ancient Volga Finnic term for country, state. See Mari El, Udmurt Elkun, Moxel (Mokshaland)
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.
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