Sentence 1: The Udmurt language belongs to the Uralic family , and the Udmuren are therefore considered to be a branch of the Finno-Ugric peoples .
Sentence 2: The Udmurt language belongs to the Uralic family ; the Udmurts are therefore considered to be a branch of the Finno-Ugric peoples .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?