The Meshchera (Meshchyora) were a Finno-Ugric tribe which lived in the territory between the Oka River and the Klyazma river. It was a land of forests, bogs and lakes. The area's still called the Meshchera Lowlands. Records The first Russian written source which mentions them's the Tolkovaya Paleya, from the 13th century. They're also mentioned in several later Russian chronicles from the period before the 16th century. This's in stark contrast to the related tribes Merya and Murom, which appear… (More on Meshchera)