Migrations and Diaspora

Throughout their history, the Moksha culture have primarily stayed in the central Volga regions and Mordovia regions in Russia. There is a small percentage of the Moksha that has migrated to different regions, including the Samara and Penza oblasts in Russia. Besides these, there have been smaller migrations from Russia to Estonia, Kazakhstan, the United States and Australia. These migrations have been primarily due to the need of more resources, depression and terrible winters causing sickness and disease.