Izhorians
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The Izhorians (sg. ižoralaine), along with the Votes are an indigenous people of Ingria. They can still be found in the Western part of Ingria, between the Narva and Neva rivers.
In 1989, 820 self-designated Izhorians, thereof 302 speakers of their Finnic language, (known as Ingrian or Izhorian) were registered. According to the 2002 Russian Census, there were 327 Izhorians in Russia. The language, close to Karelian, is used primarily by members of the older generation. It is bound for extinction.
The Izhorians and the Votes are generally Orthodox, while the other Finnic inhabitants of Ingria, the Ingrian Finns, are Lutheran.
