Chukhna
Encyclopedia
Chukhna, Chukhnas, Chukhontsy (singular: Chukhonets (male), Chukhonka (female)) is an obsolete Russian
term for some Finnic peoples: Finns, Estonians
, Karelians
, Ingrian Finns
.
It is thought to be a derivative from the ethnonym chud
.
The 18th century Linguarum totius orbis vocabularia comparativa of Peter Simon Pallas
has a vocabulary of the "Chukhna language".
Vladimir Dahl, in his "Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language", records its a reference to Finns in the vicinity of St. Petersburg.
In modern usage, the words are considered ethnic slurs for Finns and Estonians
.
In the 2002 Russian Census, 15 persons described themselves as "Chukhontsy".
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
term for some Finnic peoples: Finns, Estonians
Estonians
Estonians are a Finnic people closely related to the Finns and inhabiting, primarily, the country of Estonia. They speak a Finnic language known as Estonian...
, Karelians
Karelians
The Karelians are a Baltic-Finnic ethnic group living mostly in the Republic of Karelia and in other north-western parts of the Russian Federation. The historic homeland of Karelians includes also parts of present-day Eastern Finland and the formerly Finnish territory of Ladoga Karelia...
, Ingrian Finns
Ingrian Finns
The Ingrian Finns are the Finnish population of Ingria descending from Lutheran Finnish immigrants introduced to the area in the 17th century, when Finland and Ingria were both part of the Swedish Empire...
.
It is thought to be a derivative from the ethnonym chud
Chud
Chud or Chude is a term historically applied in the early Russian annals to several Finnic peoples in the area of what is now Finland, Estonia and Northwestern Russia....
.
The 18th century Linguarum totius orbis vocabularia comparativa of Peter Simon Pallas
Peter Simon Pallas
Peter Simon Pallas was a German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia.- Life and work :Pallas was born in Berlin, the son of Professor of Surgery Simon Pallas. He studied with private tutors and took an interest in natural history, later attending the University of Halle and the University...
has a vocabulary of the "Chukhna language".
Vladimir Dahl, in his "Explanatory Dictionary of the Live Great Russian language", records its a reference to Finns in the vicinity of St. Petersburg.
In modern usage, the words are considered ethnic slurs for Finns and Estonians
Estonians
Estonians are a Finnic people closely related to the Finns and inhabiting, primarily, the country of Estonia. They speak a Finnic language known as Estonian...
.
In the 2002 Russian Census, 15 persons described themselves as "Chukhontsy".