Syreś Boläeń

Syreś Boläeń (born Alexander Grigorievich Bolkin) is a Ukrainian public figure, poet, translator, co-founder of the Free Idel Ural Movement and a leader of the Erzya National Movement, having been given the title of Inyazor, a title amongst Erzya leaders since the 13th century, due to his election to the rank within the Movement. He is a resistance leader in Russia and a retired Colonel of the Ukrainian Army. He was born in a mixed Erzya–Russian family. Boläeń's mother is an ethnic Russian while his father is an ethnic Erzya.