Editing Chud (section)

==Use of term in historical times==
[[File:Finno-ugrian-map-en.svg|thumb|200px|Chuds and other ethnic groups in 9th century Eastern Europe]]
[[File:Facial Chronicle - b.06, p.068 - Execution of vod and chud.jpg|thumb|Execution of [[Vots|Vods]] and Chuds by [[Alexander Nevsky]], 16th-century miniature depicting 13th-century events]]
Later, the word ''Chuds'' was more often used for more eastern Finnic peoples, [[Vepsians|Veps]] and [[Votians|Votes]] in particular, while some derivatives of ''chud'' like ''[[chukhna]]'' or ''[[chukhonets]]'' were applied to more western [[Finns]] and [[Estonians]]. Following the Russian conquests of Finland 1714–1809, and increasing contacts between Finns and [[Saint Petersburg]], Finns perceived the word ''Chud'' to be disparaging and hinting at the [[serfdom]] that the Russians were believed to find fit for the Finns. However, as a [[Offensive terms per nationality#Finns|disparaging word]], it was rather ''chukhna'' that was applied also to Finns and Estonians as late as during the [[Winter War]], 1939–1940, between the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Finland]].{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

In present-day Russian vernacular, the word ''chukhna'' is often used to denote the Veps. The name Chuds (or Northern Chuds) has been used for Veps people also by some anthropologists.{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}}

In the mytho-poetical tradition of the Komi, the word ''chud'' can also designate Komi heroes and heathens; Old Believers; another people different from the Komi; or robbers—the latter two are the typical legends in [[Sami people|Sámi]] folklore. In fact, the legends about Chuds (Čuđit) cover a large area in northern Europe from Scandinavia to the Urals, bounded by [[Lake Ladoga]] in the south, the northern and eastern districts of the [[Vologda]] province, and passing by the [[Kirov Oblast|Kirov]] region, further into [[Komi-Permyak Okrug]]. It has from this area spread to Trans-Ural region through mediation of migrants from European North.{{Citation needed|date=April 2016}}

''Chud'' has become a swear word in the [[Arkhangelsk]] region. As late as 1920, people of that region used legends of the Chuds to scare small naughty children.<ref name='Drannikova'/>