From the history of the Erzya-Mordovian village of Kuraevo of the Tengushevsky district of the Republic of Mordovia (socio-economic, ethnopolitical, demographic aspects)

Introduction. The history of small rural settlements, with some exceptions, is usually not considered in individual research works. As a rule, brief historical information about them is provided only in specialized encyclopedic and reference publications, toponymic dictionaries. This article discusses the history of the old Erzya-Mordovian village of Kuraevo, Tengushevsky district of the Republic of Mordovia.