Physical conformation.—Chief departure from the Mongol type, the frequency of blue eyes, and light (red) hair.
Conterminous with.—1. Goths of the Scandinavian group in Norway and Sweden; 2. Slavonians in Russia; 3. Lithuanians in Esthonia; 4, 5, 6. Turks, Yeniseians, and Tungús in Siberia. In Europe, in contact with the North Sea. East of Archangel, separated therefrom by the Samöeids.
- Divisions.—1. Trans-Uralian Ugrians.—Between the Ural Mountains and the Yenisey. Voguls and Ostiaks.
- 2. Permian Finns.—Permians, Siranians, Votiaks.
- 3. Finns of the Volga.—Morduins, Tcheremiss, Tshuvatsh.
- 4. Finlanders of Finland.
- 5. Esthonians of Esthonia.
- 6. Laplanders of Sweden and Finmark.
- 7. Majiars of Hungary.
1.
THE VOGULS.
Locality.—The northern part of the Uralian range, and the country to the east as far as the Irtish, and Tobol, and as far north as the Soswa a feeder of the Obi. Tradition says that they extended as far westward as the Dwina. Probability that they extended further south.
Name.—The Voguls call themselves and the Ostiaks Mansi. They are called by the Siranians Yograyess, and Vagol.
Conterminous with.—The Siranians on the west, the Obi Ostiaks on the east, the Bashkirs on the south.
Dialects.—The northern Vogul of the Sosva, the southern of the Tura, a tributary of the Tobol.
Population.—According to Schubert, one hundred thousand.
Religion.—Shamanism, or imperfect Christianity.