Kammala wannan magana: Wasu malamai sun ba da shawarar cewa ƙabilu biyu da marubucin Gothic Jordanes ya ambata a cikin "Getica" a cikin mutanen da ke cikin masarautar Gothic sarki Ermanaric a ƙarni na huɗu CE za a iya daidaita su da mutanen Mari. Koyaya, gano "Imniscaris" (ko "Sremniscans") tare da "Cheremis", da "Merens" tare da "Mari" yana da rikici. Amincewar farko da aka tabbatar da mutanen Mari ya fito ne daga tushe na Khazar daga karni na 10, inda suka bayyana ta hanyar exonym "tsarmis" (= "Cheremis"). A wannan lokacin, yankin mazaunin Mari yana kusa da Kogin Volga. A cikin karni na 13, Mari ya faɗi ƙarƙashin tasirin Golden Horde, kuma a cikin 1443 ya zama batun Kazan khanate. A wannan lokacin, Maris sun sami wasu al'adun al'adu tare da Tatars masu mulki da kuma Volga Bulgars, wanda kuma ake gani a cikin tasirin kalmomin Turkiyya da nahawu akan yaren Mari. A shekara ta 1552, an haɗa yankin Mari zuwa Rasha tare da
Rushewar Rasha ta Kazan karkashin Ivan the Terrible. Yayinda wasu Maris (galibi Hill Maris) suka taimaka wa mamayar Rasha, yawancin Maris sun yi yaƙi a cikin abin da ake kira "Cheremis Wars". A ƙarshen ƙarni na 16, an kawar da tawayen, kuma mutanen Mari sun sha wahala sosai. Sakamakon kwararar masu zama na Rasha, kuma don tserewa daga tilasta kiristanci (farawa daga 1700), Maris ya fara zama a gabashin Bashkortostan na yanzu. A cikin ƙarni na gaba a ƙarƙashin mulkin Rasha, Maris sun iya riƙe ƙabilanci da al'adunsu, wanda aka ƙarfafa ta hanyar maimaitawa na komawa ga addininsu na gargajiya kafin Kiristanci.