List of minor indigenous peoples of Russia
The following peoples are officially recognized minor indigenous peoples of Russia. Many of them are included into the Common List of Minor Indigenous Peoples of Russia approved by the government of Russia on March 24, 2000 and updated in subsequent years.
These peoples satisfy the following criteria:
- To live in their historical territory;
- To preserve traditional way of life, occupations, and trades;
- To self-recognize themselves as a separate ethnicity;
- To have a population of at most 50,000 within Russia.
These peoples subject to benefits according to a number of laws aimed at preservation and support of these ethnicities.
Ten of these peoples count less than 1,000 and 11 of them live beyond the Arctic Circle.
Far North
Far North is the part of Russia which lies mainly beyond the Arctic Circle.- Ainus : Kamchatka Krai, Sakhalin Oblast
- Aleuts : Kamchatka Krai
- Alyutors : Kamchatka Krai
- Chukchis : Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast, Kamchatka Krai
- Chuvans : Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast
- Dolgans : Krasnoyarsk Krai, Sakha Republic
- Enets : Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Siberian Yupik : Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
- Itelmens : Kamchatka Krai, Magadan Oblast
- Kamchadals : Kamchatka Krai
- Kereks : Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
- Komi peoples formerly known as Komi-Izhemtsy, Izhma Komi : north of the Komi Republic
- Koryaks : Kamchatka Krai, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast
- Nenets : Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Komi Republic
- Nganasans : Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Sami : Murmansk Oblast
- Veps : Republic of Karelia, Leningrad Oblast
- Yukaghirs : Sakha Republic, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast
Central Siberia
- Chulyms : Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Evenks : Sakha Republic, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Amur Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, Buryat Republic, Irkutsk Oblast, Chita Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast
- Evens : Sakha Republic, Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Kamchatka Krai
- Kets : Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Khantys
- Mansi : Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Komi Republic
- Selkups : Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Teleuts : Kemerovo Oblast
Far East
- Nanais : Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin Oblast
- Negidals : Khabarovsk Krai
- Nivkh people : Khabarovsk Krai, Sakhalin Oblast
- Oroch people : Khabarovsk Krai
- Orok people : Sakhalin Oblast
- Taz people : Primorsky Krai
- Udege people : Primorsky Krai, Khabarovsk Krai
- Ulch people : Khabarovsk Krai
Southern Siberia
- Kumandins : Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Kemerovo Oblast
- Chelkans : Altai Republic
- Shorians : Kemerovo Oblast, Republic of Khakassia, Altai Republic
- Soyots : Buryat Republic
- Telengits : Altai Republic
- Tofalars : Irkutsk Oblast
- Tubalars : Altai Republic
- Tuvans-Todzhins : Tuva Republic
Peoples of Dagestan with population less than 50,000
According to a 2000 decree of the government of Russian Federation, Dagestan was supposed to compile their own list of small-numbered Indigenous peoples, to be included in the overall List of small-numbered Indigenous peoples of Russia The peoples below fall under the criteria of the decree, but were not included into the list in 2000.Tiny groups
There are about 40 other tiny ethnic groups in Dagestan, with total number of less than 40,000.Other
- Abazins : Karachay–Cherkessia
- Ainu: Sakhalin Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai and Kamchatka Krai
- Besermyan : Udmurt Republic
- Izhorians : Leningrad Oblast
- Karelians : titular nation of the Republic of Karelia
- Nagaybaks : Chelyabinsk Oblast and Republic of Bashkortostan
- Setos : Pskov Oblast
- Shapsugs : Krasnodar Krai
- Votes : Leningrad Oblast
- Qaratay : Republic of Tatarstan
Demographics
Median Age
Most peoples with smaller populations have median ages that are considerably lower than the Russian average. The below table is taken from the Russian census of 2002. For example, the median age of ethnic Russians was 37.6 years, while that of Yuraq Samoyeds was 26.2 years.| Ethnic Group | Total | Male | Female | Urban | Ur.Male | Ur.Female | Rural | R.Male | R.Female |
| Yuraq Samoyed | 26.2 | 24.6 | 27.6 | 25.7 | 23.1 | 27.4 | 26.3 | 24.8 | 27.7 |
| Tavgi Samoyed | 26.6 | 25.8 | 27.2 | 24.2 | 22.1 | 25.4 | 27.1 | 26.5 | 27.7 |
| Chukchi | 26.6 | 25.1 | 27.9 | 25.1 | 22.5 | 26.9 | 26.9 | 25.6 | 28.1 |
| Taimyr Samoyed | 26.7 | 25.1 | 28.0 | 26.0 | 23.2 | 27.6 | 26.8 | 25.4 | 28.1 |
| Ostyak | 26.8 | 24.9 | 28.3 | 27.1 | 24.5 | 28.9 | 26.6 | 25.1 | 28.1 |
| Yenisei Samoyed | 27.0 | 25.5 | 28.4 | 30.4 | 20.0 | 35.6 | 26.5 | 26.0 | 27.0 |
| Todzhin | 27.3 | 26.8 | 27.7 | 32.5 | 45.0 | 7.5 | 27.3 | 26.8 | 27.7 |
| Yup'ik | 27.3 | 25.5 | 28.9 | 26.2 | 23.3 | 28.3 | 27.7 | 26.1 | 29.2 |
| Koryaks | 27.4 | 26.3 | 28.5 | 25.4 | 23.0 | 27.2 | 28.3 | 27.4 | 29.0 |
| Sayan Samoyed | 27.5 | 27.1 | 28.0 | 28.9 | 25.4 | 33.6 | 27.4 | 27.2 | 27.7 |
| Vogul | 27.6 | 25.2 | 29.5 | 27.4 | 24.3 | 29.6 | 27.8 | 26.0 | 29.3 |
| Yukaghir | 27.6 | 25.8 | 29.2 | 28.1 | 25.4 | 30.6 | 27.2 | 26.2 | 28.2 |
| Telengit | 27.9 | 26.5 | 29.3 | 25.3 | 25.4 | 25.3 | 28.0 | 26.6 | 29.5 |
| Evenks | 28.0 | 26.5 | 29.3 | 28.1 | 26.1 | 29.8 | 27.9 | 26.6 | 29.1 |
| Soyots | 28.0 | 26.6 | 29.5 | 25.5 | 23.6 | 27.1 | 28.3 | 26.9 | 29.7 |
| Evens | 28.1 | 25.6 | 30.0 | 28.4 | 24.6 | 30.4 | 28.0 | 25.9 | 29.7 |
| Yenisei Ostyak | 28.1 | 25.9 | 30.3 | 30.5 | 25.6 | 32.8 | 27.7 | 25.9 | 29.5 |
| Gilyak | 28.3 | 26.4 | 30.0 | 29.1 | 26.6 | 31.1 | 27.7 | 26.2 | 29.1 |
| Oroks | 28.4 | 27.1 | 29.7 | 28.6 | 27.8 | 29.5 | 28.0 | 26.1 | 30.0 |
| Oroch | 28.8 | 27.4 | 30.1 | 28.3 | 23.2 | 32.8 | 29.1 | 29.6 | 28.7 |
| Chuvans | 29.2 | 27.6 | 30.5 | 30.4 | 28.0 | 31.8 | 28.7 | 27.4 | 29.9 |
| Goldyak | 30.1 | 28.9 | 31.1 | 31.7 | 30.5 | 32.6 | 29.4 | 28.3 | 30.5 |
| Udihe | 30.1 | 28.5 | 31.6 | 30.6 | 29.1 | 31.5 | 30.0 | 28.4 | 31.7 |
| Ulch | 30.3 | 27.5 | 32.7 | 37.2 | 31.8 | 40.8 | 29.1 | 26.8 | 31.1 |
| Ostyak Samoyed | 30.4 | 28.8 | 31.9 | 33.2 | 31.0 | 35.1 | 29.9 | 28.5 | 31.3 |
| Negidal | 30.5 | 26.8 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 29.5 | 36.1 | 29.6 | 26.1 | 32.6 |
| Itel | 30.7 | 28.0 | 33.0 | 30.6 | 27.2 | 33.4 | 30.7 | 28.4 | 32.8 |
| Chelkan | 31.0 | 29.7 | 32.0 | 30.7 | 28.8 | 32.7 | 31.1 | 29.9 | 31.9 |
| Tubalar | 32.1 | 31.1 | 33.1 | 34.1 | 32.1 | 35.7 | 31.9 | 31.0 | 32.8 |
| Sami | 32.1 | 29.2 | 34.6 | 32.5 | 28.5 | 35.3 | 31.9 | 29.6 | 34.1 |
| Aleut | 32.1 | 32.3 | 32.0 | 31.2 | 34.2 | 29.4 | 32.4 | 31.9 | 32.9 |
| Kamchadal | 33.2 | 31.7 | 34.4 | 32.6 | 31.6 | 33.4 | 33.8 | 31.9 | 35.7 |
| Teleut | 33.9 | 31.3 | 36.1 | 33.1 | 30.9 | 35.0 | 34.5 | 31.6 | 36.9 |
| Shor | 34.0 | 32.0 | 35.8 | 33.8 | 31.5 | 35.7 | 34.6 | 33.1 | 35.9 |
| Chulym | 34.2 | 33.8 | 34.6 | 39.3 | 36.6 | 41.8 | 33.8 | 33.6 | 34.0 |
| Abaza | 34.7 | 32.7 | 36.6 | 31.7 | 30.6 | 32.7 | 36.5 | 33.9 | 39.0 |
| Taz | 35.8 | 33.2 | 38.2 | 36.3 | 32.9 | 39.6 | 35.5 | 33.3 | 37.5 |
| Shapsugh | 38.5 | 37.3 | 39.7 | 38.5 | 36.6 | 40.4 | 38.5 | 37.5 | 39.5 |
| Besermian | 40.8 | 37.7 | 43.8 | 41.4 | 40.9 | 41.9 | 40.6 | 36.8 | 44.4 |
| Kumandin | 40.9 | 36.4 | 44.6 | 41.1 | 35.7 | 45.4 | 40.6 | 37.1 | 43.6 |
| Nagaibak | 41.1 | 38.5 | 43.3 | 43.9 | 41.6 | 45.6 | 40.6 | 38.0 | 42.8 |
| Veps | 49.8 | 44.9 | 53.1 | 47.0 | 41.9 | 50.1 | 53.1 | 48.1 | 56.8 |
| Kerek | 60.8 | 52.5 | 77.5 | 60.8 | 52.5 | 77.5 | |||
| Izhor | 65.8 | 59.4 | 67.9 | 61.8 | 60.2 | 62.8 | 67.2 | 59.0 | 69.3 |