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 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:
NameLocationPopulation

Aleuts 		Kamchatka Krai482

Alyutors 		Kamchatka Krai482

Chelkans 		Altai Republic, Altai Krai1,181

Chukchis 		Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakha16,000

Chulyms 		Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Oblast382

Chuvans 		Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast1,300

Dolgans 		Krasnoyarsk Krai, Sakha7,885

Enets :		Krasnoyarsk Krai227

Eskimo 		Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast1,738

Evenks :		Amur Oblast, Buryatian Republic, Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Sakha, Zabaykalsky Krai39,226

Evens 		Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakha,19,913

Itelmens 		Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast3,193

Kamchadals 		Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast1,927

Kereks 		Chukotka Autonomous Okrug23

Kets 		Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Oblast, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug1,088

Khanty 		Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Tyumen Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug31,467

Koryaks 		Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Sakha7,485

Kumandins 		Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblast2,892

Mansi 		Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug12,228

Nanai 		Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin Oblast, Sakha11,623
NaukanChukotka Autonomous Okrug510

Negidals 		Khabarovsk Krai481

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

Nganasans 		Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Kurgan Oblast, Omsk Oblast, Primorsky Krai, Sakha, Sverdlovsk Oblast,978

Nivkhs 		Khabarovsk Krai, Sakhalin Oblast4,652

Oroks 		Buryatia, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin Oblast295

Orochs 		Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, Primorsky Krai527

Sami 		Murmansk Oblast1,530

Selkups 		Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Oblast, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug3,649

Shors 		Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblask, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai10,507

Soyots 		Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast3,608

Taz 		Primorsky Krai274

Telengits 		Altai Republic, Altai Krai3,712

Teleuts 		Altai Republic, Altai Krai, Kemerovo Oblast2,643

Tofalars or Tofa 		Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Sakha, Tomsk Oblast, Tuva Republic719

Tubalars 		Altai Republic, Altai Krai, Irkutsk Oblast1,965

Tozhu 		Tuva Republic7,278

Udege 		Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai1,325

Ulchs 		Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai2,472

Veps 		Republic of Karelia, Leningrad Oblast, Vologda Oblast4,534

Votes 		Leningrad Oblast99

Yukaghirs 		Chukotka, Magadan Oblast, Sakha1,802