The Mokshas (also Mokshans, Moksha people, in ) are a Mordvinian ethnic group belonging to the Volgaic branch of the Finnic peoplesPOPULATION GENETICS OF FINNO-UGRIC-SPEAKING HUMANS IN NORTH EURASIA by Department of Forensic Medicine University of Helsinki who live in the Russian Federation, mostly near the Volga and Moksha rivers, a tributary of the Oka River.