Discrimination Of Mari People Continues In Perm Krai, Russia

Discrimination Of Mari People Continues In Perm Krai, Russia   The residents of the three Mari villages decided at the general meeting to attempt to preserve the Vasinsko primary school and to give it the status of a school with in-depth study of the native Mari language. In their letter titled «Cry of the Soul», they stated that they would not send their children to a school where people conversed only in Russian and where Mari was not taught.   The authorities ignored the opinion of the...

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