Ingrian Finns

descendants of Finnish immigrants to Ingria in the 17th century

republic in Eastern Europe 1919-1920

Persecution and Genocide of Ingrians in the Soviet Union

thumb|Evrimeiset and Savakot Finns, depicted in 1862, Ingria region. The Äyrämöiset or, as the Russians call them, Evrimeiset (Russian: Эвремейсы), were a Finnish language-speaking people who lived in the Saint Petersburg Oblast and earlier also on the Finnish part of the Karelian Isthmus. Äyrämöiset were one of the two groups of Ingrian Finns, the Finnish speaking groups in St. Petersburg Oblast, the other being the Savakot. Most of the Äyrämöiset are Lutherans. The name Äyrämöiset (äkrämöiset) comes from the ancient county of Äyräpää (Äkräpää) in the Western part of the Karelian Isthmus - wh

thumb|Äyrämöiset & Savakot Finns, depicted in 1862, Ingria region. Savakot (plural; singular: Savakko; ) were one of the two main subgroups of Ingrian Finns, the other being the Äyrämöiset. The Savakot descended from Finnish (Savonian) peasants who had migrated to Swedish Ingria (now part of Russia) from Savonia in Eastern Finland during the 17th century.