The Setos. Sad Story Of A Divided People // Indigenous Peoples Of Russia

The Setos are an indigenous ethnic and linguistic minority people, most of them living in the Setomaa region, nestled between the southeast of Estonia and the northwest Pskov Oblast of the vast Russian federation. The Setos people have been surrounded by many nations, which has affected their culture. However, these people have fiercely struggled to preserve their ancient customs and beliefs, despite converting to Orthodox Christianity as an ethnic group. They speak the Seto language, supposedly a dialect of the South Estonian or Võro language. This language, just like Finnish and Estonian, is part of the Finnic group within the Uralic family of languages. Accounts suggest that the number of Seto people around the world is approximately 15,000.

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