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Merya
The Merya were a Finnic people who lived in the upper Volga region around Lake Nero and Lake Pleshcheyevo, in the area of Rostov and Yaroslavl. The Russian Primary Chronicle names them among the tribes paying tribute to the Rus' in the 9th century. As Slavs settled the region from the 10th century, they were gradually absorbed into the Russian population.
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