Puresh was a Moksha Kanazor, ruler of Kingdom Moxel in mentioned in Russians sources as Murunza. He was an ally of Russian Grand Prince Yuri II of Vladimir and of the Cuman Khan Köten against the Volga Bulgars and Erzyas in the 1230s.
Battle of Legnica, medieval illuminated manuscript, collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California
The Mokshas comprise a Mordvinian ethnic group belonging to the Volgaic branch of the Finno-Ugric peoples. They live in Russia, mostly near the Volga and Moksha rivers, a tributary of the Oka River.
Zubu Moksha women. Photo by Ivan Dubasov.
Outfit of the bride. Сhest decorations. Mordvins-moksha, Tambov province, Temnikov uezd, XIX - beg.XX centuries
Moksha women in traditional clothes