The Indigenous minority peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Far East of Russia 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.
Definition 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. 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. 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 The Unified Register lists the following peoples:
NameLocationPopulationAleuts (алеуты)Kamchatka Krai 482Alyutors (алюторцы)Kamchatka Krai 482 Chelkans (челканцы) Altai Republic, Altai Krai 1,181Chukchis (чукчи)Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakha16,000 Chulyms (чулымцы)Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Oblast 382Chuvans (чуванцы)Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast1,300Dolgans (долганы)Krasnoyarsk Krai, Sakha 7,885Enets (энцы) (Yenets, Russian plural: Entsy, obsolete: Yenisei Samoyeds):Krasnoyarsk Krai 227Всероссийская перепись населения 2010. Национальный состав населения РФ 2010Eskimo (Siberian Yupik) (эскимосы)Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast1,738Evenks (эвенки):Amur Oblast, Buryatian Republic, Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Sakha, Zabaykalsky Krai 39,226Ethnic groups in Russia , 2010 census, Rosstat. Retrieved 15 February 2012 Evens (эвены)Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakha,19,913Itelmens (ительмены)Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast3,193Kamchadals (камчадалы, a general term for mixed population of Kamchatka Peninsula)Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast1,927Kereks (кереки)Chukotka Autonomous Okrug23Kets (кеты)Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Oblast, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug1,088Khanty (ханты) (old Russian term: Ostyaks)Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Tyumen Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 31,467Koryaks (коряки)Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Sakha 7,485Kumandins (кумандинцы)Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblast 2,892Mansi (манси) (old Russian term: Voguls)Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 12,228Nanai (нанайцы)Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin Oblast, Sakha11,623NaukanChukotka Autonomous Okrug510"Yupik, Naukan." Ethnologue. Accessed 9 Feb 2014.Negidals (негидальцы)Khabarovsk Krai 481Nenets (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,49,646Nganasans (Tavgi) (нганасаны)Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Kurgan Oblast, Omsk Oblast, Primorsky Krai, Sakha, Sverdlovsk Oblast,978State statistics committee of Ukraine - National composition of population, 2001 census (Ukrainian)Nivkhs (нивхи)Khabarovsk Krai, Sakhalin Oblast4,652Oroks (ороки)Buryatia, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin Oblast295Orochs (орочи)Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, Primorsky Krai 527Sami (old Russian name: Lopar, i.e., Lapp) (саамы, саами)Murmansk Oblast 1,530Selkups (селькупы)Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Oblast, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug3,649Shors (шорцы)Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblask, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai 10,507Soyots (сойоты)Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast3,608Taz (тазы)Primorsky Krai 274Telengits (теленгиты)Altai Republic, Altai Krai3,712Teleuts (телеуты)Altai Republic, Altai Krai, Kemerovo Oblast2,643Tofalars or Tofa (тофалары или тофы)Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Sakha, Tomsk Oblast, Tuva Republic719Tubalars (тубалары)Altai Republic, Altai Krai, Irkutsk Oblast1,965Tozhu (тувинцы-тоджинцы)Tuva Republic7,278Udege (удэгейцы)Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai1,3252021 Russian census, Vol. 5 Table 1 Ulchs (ульчи)Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai2,472Veps (вепсы)Republic of Karelia, Leningrad Oblast, Vologda Oblast4,534Votes (Водь)Leningrad Oblast99Yukaghirs (юкагиры)Chukotka, Magadan Oblast, Sakha1,802
See also Ainu in Russia Demographics of Siberia Indigenous peoples of Siberia List of minor Indigenous peoples of Russia
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