Unified list of indigenous minority peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Far East of Russia

The Indigenous minority peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Far East of Russia (Russian: коренные малочисленные народы Севера, Сибири и Дальнего Востока, romanizedkorennye malochislennye narody Severa, Sibiri i Dal'nego Vostoka) is a Russian census classification of local Indigenous peoples, assigned to groups with fewer than 50,000 members, living in the Russian Far North, Siberia, or Russian Far East.[1] They are frequently referred as Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North or Indigenous peoples of the North.

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Today, 40 Indigenous peoples are officially recognised by Russia as Indigenous small-numbered peoples and are listed in the Unified Register of the Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples (Единый перечень коренных, малочисленных народов Российской Федерации). This register includes 46 Indigenous peoples. Six of these peoples do not live in either the Extreme North or territories equated to it, so that the total number of recognised Indigenous peoples of the North is 40.[2] The Komi-Izhemtsy or Izvatas, a subgroup of the Komi peoples, are seeking recognition from the Russian government as a distinct Indigenous people of the North.

The Far North is the part of Russia which lies mainly beyond the Arctic Circle. However, this is the smaller part of the total territories inhabited by Indigenous peoples. These territories extend southward as far as to Vladivostok. Approximately 261,763 people are altogether part of this classification.

List of Indigenous peoples of the North

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The Unified Register lists the following peoples:

Name Location Population

Aleuts (алеуты)

Kamchatka Krai 482[3]

Alyutors (алюторцы)

Kamchatka Krai 482 [4]

Chelkans (челканцы)

Altai Republic, Altai Krai 1,181[5]

Chukchis (чукчи)

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakha 16,000[6]

Chulyms (чулымцы)

Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Oblast 382[7]

Chuvans (чуванцы)

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast 1,300

Dolgans (долганы)

Krasnoyarsk Krai, Sakha 7,885[8]

Enets (энцы) (Yenets, Russian plural: Entsy, obsolete: Yenisei Samoyeds):

Krasnoyarsk Krai 227[9]

Eskimo (Siberian Yupik) (эскимосы)

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast 1,738

Evenks (эвенки):

Amur Oblast, Buryatian Republic, Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Sakha, Zabaykalsky Krai 39,226[10]

Evens (эвены)

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakha, 19,913[11]

Itelmens (ительмены)

Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast 3,193[12]

Kamchadals (камчадалы, a general term for mixed population of Kamchatka Peninsula)

Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast 1,927[13]

Kereks (кереки)

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 23[14]

Kets (кеты)

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Oblast, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 1,088[15]

Khanty (ханты) (old Russian term: Ostyaks)

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Tyumen Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 31,467[16]

Koryaks (коряки)

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Sakha 7,485[17]

Kumandins (кумандинцы)

Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblast 2,892[18]

Mansi (манси) (old Russian term: Voguls)

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 12,228[19]

Nanai (нанайцы)

Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin Oblast, Sakha 11,623[20]
Naukan Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 510[21]

Negidals (негидальцы)

Khabarovsk Krai 481[22]

Nenets (Russian plural: Nentsy, old Russian name: Samoyeds) (ненцы)

Arkhangelsk Oblast, Murmansk Oblast, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Komi Republic, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, 49,646[23]

Nganasans (Tavgi) (нганасаны)

Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Kurgan Oblast, Omsk Oblast, Primorsky Krai, Sakha, Sverdlovsk Oblast, 978[24]

Nivkhs (нивхи)

Khabarovsk Krai, Sakhalin Oblast 4,652[25]

Oroks (ороки)

Buryatia, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin Oblast 295[26]

Orochs (орочи)

Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, Primorsky Krai 527[27]

Sami (old Russian name: Lopar, i.e., Lapp) (саамы, саами)

Murmansk Oblast 1,530[28]

Selkups (селькупы)

Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Oblast, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 3,649[29]

Shors (шорцы)

Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblask, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai 10,507[30]

Soyots (сойоты)

Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast 3,608[31]

Taz (тазы)

Primorsky Krai 274[32]

Telengits (теленгиты)

Altai Republic, Altai Krai 3,712[33]

Teleuts (телеуты)

Altai Republic, Altai Krai, Kemerovo Oblast 2,643[34]

Tofalars or Tofa (тофалары или тофы)

Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Sakha, Tomsk Oblast, Tuva Republic 719[35]

Tubalars (тубалары)

Altai Republic, Altai Krai, Irkutsk Oblast 1,965[36]

Tozhu (тувинцы-тоджинцы)

Tyva Republic 1,858[37]

Udege (удэгейцы)

Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai 1,496[38]

Ulchs (ульчи)

Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai 2,472[39]

Veps (вепсы)

Republic of Karelia, Leningrad oblast, Vologda Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast 4,534[40]

Yukaghirs (юкагиры)

Chukotka, Magadan Oblast, Sakha 1,802[41]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Official is attached to: Decree of the Russian Government Nr 255 "On the Unified Register of Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the Russian Federation", 24 March 2000 (Постановление Правительства РФ от 24 марта 2000 г. N 255 "О Едином перечне коренных малочисленных народов Российской Федерации (in Russian)) http://base.garant.ru/181870.htm
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