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The Novgorod birch bark letter number 292 from the early 13th century is the oldest known document in any Finnic language. It was found in 1957 and is currently in the Novgorod City Museum. The language used in the document is thought to be an archaic form of Livvi-Karelian, the language spoken in Olonets Karelia. The writing is in Cyrillic. There are several differing interpretations. It is thought to be either an invocation or an oath.

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