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) 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.

Definition[edit]

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[edit]

The Unified Register lists the following peoples:

Name Location Population

Aleuts (алеуты)

Kamchatka Krai 482

Alyutors (алюторцы)

Kamchatka Krai 483

Chelkans (челканцы)

Altai Republic, Altai Krai 1,200

Chukchis (чукчи)

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakha 16,000

Chulyms (чулымцы)

Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Oblast 355

Chuvans (чуванцы)

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast 1,300

Dolgans (долганы)

Krasnoyarsk Krai, Sakha 8,000

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

Krasnoyarsk Krai 300

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 37,131

Evens (эвены)

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakha, 22,000

Itelmens (ительмены)

Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast 3,093

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

Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast 1,927

Kereks (кереки)

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 4

Kets (кеты)

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Oblast, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 1,219

Khanty (ханты) (old Russian term: Ostyaks)

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Tyumen Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 31,500

Koryaks (коряки)

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Sakha 7,953

Kumandins (кумандинцы)

Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblast 2,900

Mansi (манси) (old Russian term: Voguls)

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 12,500

Nanai (нанайцы)

Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin Oblast, Sakha 11,671
Naukan Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 510

Negidals (негидальцы)

Khabarovsk Krai 522

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, 45,000

Nganasans (Tavgi) (нганасаны)

Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Kurgan Oblast, Omsk Oblast, Primorsky Krai, Sakha, Sverdlovsk Oblast, 700

Nivkhs (нивхи)

Khabarovsk Krai, Sakhalin Oblast 4,466

Oroks (ороки)

Buryatia, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin Oblast 400

Orochs (орочи)

Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, Primorsky Krai 686

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

Murmansk Oblast 1,771

Selkups (селькупы)

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

Shors (шорцы)

Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblask, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai 12,888

Soyots (сойоты)

Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast 3,608

Taz (тазы)

Primorsky Krai 274

Telengits (теленгиты)

Altai Republic, Altai Krai 3,712

Teleuts (телеуты)

Altai Republic, Altai Krai, Kemerovo Oblast 2,643

Tofalars or Tofa (тофалары или тофы)

Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Sakha, Tomsk Oblast, Tuva Republic 762

Tubalars (тубалары)

Altai Republic, Altai Krai, Irkutsk Oblast 1,965

Tozhu (тувинцы-тоджинцы)

Tyva Republic 4,442

Udege (удэгейцы)

Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai 1,453

Ulchs (ульчи)

Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai 3,000

Veps (вепсы)

Republic of Karelia, Leningrad oblast, Vologda Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast 5,936

Yukaghirs (юкагиры)

Chukotka, Magadan Oblast, Sakha 1,597

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ [1] Archived 2012-09-12 at archive.today (in Russian)
  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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