Izhorians

The Izhorians (Ingrian: ižorat, ižorit, inkeroiset; Russian: ижо́ра; ижо́ры, ижо́рцы; Finnish: inkerikot; Estonian: isurid) are a Finnic indigenous people native to Ingria.

In 1478, the Novgorod Republic, where Ingrians had settled, was united with the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and some of the Izhorians were transferred to the east.

World War II had the biggest impact on Izhorians, as devastating battles (such as the Siege of Leningrad) took place on their territory.

Izhorian (also called Ingrian), along with Finnish, Ludic, Karelian and Vepsian, belongs to the Northern Finnic group of the Uralic languages.

In 1932–1937, a Latin-based orthography for the Izhorian language existed, taught in schools of the Soikinsky Peninsula and the area around the mouth of the Luga River.

A map of Votic and neighbouring Ingrian-Finnish and Izhorian villages 1848–2007.
Votic villages (1848-2007)
Izhorian villages (by 1943)
Finnish villages (by 1943)
Other villages
Laiba , an Izhorian vessel, in the Gulf of Finland
The ethnic clothing of Izhorian women (near Saint-Petersburg, Russia, in the 18th century)
Larin Paraske , ethnic Izhorian oral poet