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Nenets women dressed up for celebration, Pechora Delta, Nenets Autonomous Region, Russia

The Nenets, also known as Samoyeds, are an indigenous people in northern arctic Russia. According to the latest census in 2002, there are 41,302 Nenets in the Russian Federation, most of them living in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Nenets Autonomous Okrug. They speak either the Tundra or Forest varieties of Nenets. After the Russian Revolution, their culture suffered due to Soviet collectivization policy. The government of the Soviet Union tried to force the.

Year: 2013

From album: Oil versus protected areas in the Nenets Autonomous Region and the Komi Republic of Russia

Photographer: Peter Prokosch

Tags: People Russia

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