Climate in the ancient history of the Finno-Ugric peoples

On the basis of researches of the Russian and foreign scientists of various specialities the review of a role of climatic changes in historical development of the Finno-Ugric peoples since formation of the Uralic language community to the mid of I millennium AD is given. The influence of the climatic factor on gradual division of the Uralic and Finno-Ugric language communities, migratory processes, settling of ancient Finno-Ugrians is shown.