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The role and importance of the Finno-Ugric tribes in Kievan Rus is a controversial subject. Their contribution is usually estimated modestly, as a tax-paying population, within the Slavic core. However, it is difficult not to notice the great similarity of costume, customs, physical type of the Finnish peoples of Russia and "traditional" Russians.
So what was the contribution of the Finno-Ugric peoples to Kievan Rus?