About the Udmurt language

The history of the accession of the Udmurts to Russia
The mention of the Udmurts as a separate people is first encountered in the ancient Russian chronicle, which tells about the campaign of Tsar Ivan III against Kazan in 1469. Then the Udmurts participated in the defense against the Russians, since they were under the influence of the Kazan Khanate, and in 1489 the Vyatka land was annexed to Russia, with the northern Udmurts living on it. The Arsk land with the southern Udmurts was annexed only in 1558, which meant the final entry of the Udmurts into the Russian state.

Monument "Friendship of Peoples", dedicated to the 400th anniversary of the entry of Udmurtia into Russia, opened on June 26, 1972.

The emergence of the Udmurt writing
Experts began to study the Udmurt language in the 18th century, since only then the Udmurts began to massively convert to Christianity, for which it was necessary to translate Orthodox sacred books, and thus the first grammar was published in 1775 in Cyrillic. The modern Udmurt alphabet was developed in the 1930s and has not changed since then.

Studying the Udmurt language at school
From the 1st to the 4th grade, there is a compulsory study of the Udmurt language, starting from the 5th - the schoolchildren have a choice whether to go further or go to local history.

National holidays
National holidays such as Gyron Bydton are celebrated, symbolizing the end of the spring field work.

The popularity of the Udmurt language
Buranovskie grandmothers, who became famous for performing hits of famous Russian and foreign performers in the Udmurt language and represented Russia at Eurovision 2012 in Baku, according to the results of which they took second place.