Purgaz

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Inäzor Purgaz
Inyazor Purgaz by Pavel Alyoshin Erzyan ethnomorantism Exhibition. Saransk, 2017
Reign	?–1239
Born	Place unknown
Died	1239 possibly Volga-Oka region, near Penza [citation needed]
Father	unknown
Mother	unknown

Purgaz or Inäzor Purgaz (Erzya: Пургаз (Инязор Пургаз), Russian: Пургас, Purgas) was an Erzän leader in the first half of the 13th century. He was a Grand Duke (inäzor) of the Erzän Principality of Purgaz. Being an ally of Volga Bulgaria, he resisted easterly Slavic expansion of Suzdalian Rus forces into the region. In later times, he became a symbol of Erzän independence and a figure of legend.