Indigenous peoples in Russia

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Altaic people





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Articles general

• Altay people - "The Altay or Altai are an ethnic group of Turkic people living in the Siberian Altai Republic and Altai Krai and surrounding areas of Tuva and Mongolia." - Wikipedia
• Buryats - "The Buryats or Buriyads, numbering approximately 436,000, are the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia and are mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia. They are the northernmost major Mongol group." - Wikipedia
• Khanty people - "Khanty / Hanti ... are an indigenous people... living in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a region historically known as "Yugra" in Russia, together with Mansi peoples." - Wikipedia
• Russians - "The Russian people ... are an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries. - Wikipedia
  
• List of larger indigenous peoples of Russia - Wikipedia
  
• Tuvans - "Tuvans or Tuvinians are Turkic peoples living in southern Siberia. They are historically known as one of the Uriankhai, from the Mongolian designation." - Wikipedia
  
• Yakuts - "Yakut... are a Turkic people associated with the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic." - Wikipedia

Articles dated

• Moscow Promotes Nationalism to Direct Popular Anger Away from Itself, Mlechin Says - " In the tradition of its Soviet predecessors, the current Russian powers that be are promoting radical Russian nationalism..." - Georgian Daily - Dec 28, 2010
  

Documents

• INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF RUSSIA AND POLITICAL HISTORY by Galina Diatchkova - "The current state of the Indigenous population can be called critical
  because the living standard is low compared to the rest of the country's
  population." - Russian academy of sciences - pdf file, 17 pages
  

Music

• Altay music - 3:21 min

• Buryat music - 5:26 min

• Khanty-Mansy dances and songs - 2:30 min

Videos

• Khanty people - posted Sept 23, 2008 - 4:09 min

• Looking for inner peace? Try Russia's Altai region - 4:57 min

• Russia's indigenous people - "Each summer Russia's indigenous people come together in Magadan in the furthest north-eastern corner of the country, to remember their traditional way of life." - 2:06 min

• Yakutia – weathering the extremes - About the frozen life in Yakutia - Jan 11, 2011 - 3:17 min