Sarmatians
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Summary
Sarmatians is a historical ethnic group[1]. Sarmatians ranks in the top 5% of historical ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,384 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Туранские религии[3]
- Country: Sarmatia[4], Scythia[5]
- Location: Eastern Europe[6]
- Part of: Iranian peoples[7]
- Commons category: Sarmatians[8]
- Has part(s): Aorsi[9], Iazyges[10], Siraces[11], Alans[12], Roxolani[13], Saka[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sarmatians[15]
- Commons gallery: Sarmatians[16]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], The New Student's Reference Work[20], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[21], Pauly–Wissowa[22], Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif: Qāmūs ʿĀmm li-Kull Fann wa-Maṭlab[23], An encyclopaedic dictionary of cultural terms : English-French-Arabic[24]
- Different from: Samaritan[25]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]
Body
Influence
Things named for Sarmatians include RS-28 Sarmat[27], a missile model[28] and 21st territorial defence battalion «Sarmat»[29], a battalion of territorial defense in Ukraine[30], in Ukraine[31], founded in 2014[32].
Why It Matters
Sarmatians has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Sarmatians is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for Sarmatians include RS-28 Sarmat[27], a missile model[28] and 21st territorial defence battalion «Sarmat»[29], a battalion of territorial defense in Ukraine[30], in Ukraine[31], founded in 2014[32].