belyak (unit)
{{Short description|Administrative unit in Volga Finnic states}}
Belyak was a fief or administrative subdivision in Medieval Volga Finnic states.{{harvnb|Smirnov|2020}}{{harvnb|Geraklitov|2011}}
Etymology
The same as beylik,{{harnvb|Napolnikova|2015}} equivalent of county in other parts of Europe.{{harvnb|Mokshin|2013}}
Medieval Volga Finnic States
{{Main|Temnikov Principality|Mukhsha Ulus|l1 = Temnikov Principality|l2 = Mukhsha Ulus|selfref = yes}}
Temnikov Principality and Mordvin Horde were divided into belyaks. After Russian Colonization they transformed into uyezds,{{harvnb|Smirnov|2020}} modern day raions and aimaks in Mordovia.
See also
- Aimak – administrative subdivision in Mordovia
- El, ancient Volga Finnic term for country, state. See Mari El, Udmurt Elkun, Moxel (Mokshaland)
References
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=Sources=
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- {{Citation |last1= Smirnov |first1=Ivan |title= Vostochnyye finny. Vol. 1. Privolzhskaya, ili Bulgarskaya gruppa. Part 2. Mordva. |year=2020 |url=https://www.sima-land.ru/5685164/vostochnye-finny-tom-1-privolzhskaya-ili-bulgarskaya-gruppa-chast-2-mordva-i-n-cmirnov/ |publisher = Nobel Press|isbn = 978-5-458-10163-9}}
- {{Citation |last1= Geraklitov |first1=Aleksandr |title= Selected Works. Vol. 1. Mordovsky belyak |year=2011 |url=http://www.niign.ru/izdatelskaya-deyatelnost/nauchnyie-izdaniya/aleksandr-geraklitov.-izbrannoe.-ch.1 |publisher = Mordovia Republic Humanities Research Institute|isbn = 978-5-900029-78-8}}
=External links=
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.unn.ru/pages/e-library/vestnik/19931778_2017_-_1_unicode/12.pdf|author=Maksum Akchurin, Andrey Belyakov|title=Mordvinian Belyaks and Tatar Princes|publisher=Sh.Marjani Institute of History of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences Publ.|year=2017|accessdate=2022-03-14}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://urvak.org/articles/sotsia-vypusk-4-iz-istorii-kreshcheniya-mordvy-po-|last=Mokshin|first=Nikolay|title= From The History Of The Christianisation Mordvinians based on Shatsky County|publisher=Sociopolitical Sciences No 2-13: 5–9|year=2013|accessdate=2022-03-15}}
- {{Cite journal|url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/vladeltsy-potsenya-epohi-srednevekovya|last=Napolnikova|first=Polina|title= Owners of Tsna region in the Middle Ages|journal=Tambov University Review. Series: Humanities |publisher=Tambov University Review|year=2015|volume=10 |issue=150 |pages=79–85 |doi=10.20310/1810-0201-2015-20-10-79-85|accessdate=2022-03-15|url-access=subscription}}
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