People / group

Wisu

Also known as Visu

Wisu was the name used by Arab and Persian writers of the tenth to twelfth centuries for a northern forest people who traded furs with the Volga Bulgars, often by silent barter. They are usually identified with the Ves, a Finnic people known from the Russian chronicles around Lake Beloozero, the ancestors of the Veps.

Wisu
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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Wisu. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/wisu
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“Wisu.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/wisu. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Wisu.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/wisu.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Wisu’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/wisu (Accessed: ).

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