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SYRYENIANS (also Sirianian, Syrjenian, Zyrenian, Zirianian, Zyrian and Zirian) , a tribe belonging to the See also:Permian See also:division of the eastern Finns. They are said to number about 85,000 on the See also:west See also:side of the Urals in the governments of See also:Perm, See also:Vologda and See also:Archangel, and there are also about r000 on the Siberian side of the See also:lower Ob. Their headquarters are at Ust-Ishma, at the junction of the Ishma and See also:Pechora. Formerly they spread farther to the west. They are of moderate stature, blond, and See also:grey-eyed, and more energetic and inclined to See also:trade than most of the allied tribes. They were converted to See also:Christianity about 1350 and their See also:language was reduced to See also:writing. They See also:call themselves Komi and are not sharply distinguished from the tribes known as Permian, the See also:languages being mutually intelligible. The archaeological remains in the governments of Perm and Vatyka called Chudish by Russians are probably Syryenian. A See also:grammar of the language was published by See also:Castren, and linguistic and other notices of the tribe are contained in the See also:Journal de la societe finno-ougrienne, especially for 1903.

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