Syreś Boläeń
Syreś Boläeń | |
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Сыресь Боляень | |
 Boläeń in 2019 | |
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| Born | Alexander Grigorievich Bolkin 7 May 1958 |
| Party | Erzya National Movement |
Syreś Boläeń (born Alexander Bolkin on May 7, 1958) is a Erzya public figure, poet, translator, co-founder of the decolonization Free Idel Ural Movement and a leader of the Erzya National Movement, having been elected as Inyazor (a title for Erzya leaders since the 13th century). He took part in Euromaidan in Ukraine, is against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, having fought on the side of Ukraine.[1] He was born in a mixed Erzya–Russian family. Boläeń's mother is an ethnic Russian while his father is an ethnic Erzya.[2]
References
- ↑ ""Россия утратила свой шанс стать великой страной"". RFE/RL (in Russian). 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ↑ "У Києві офіційно представили лідера ерзянського народу: що це означає і чому це важливо для України". bastion.tv (in Ukrainian). 13 September 2019.