Circumpolar peoples
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Circumpolar peoples and Arctic peoples are umbrella terms for the various indigenous peoples of the Arctic region.
Chukchi, one of many Indigenous peoples of Siberia. Representation of a Chukchi family by Louis Choris (1816)
A group of igloos forming an Inuit village, 1824, by George Francis Lyon
Sami people in Norway, c. 1900, painted by Wilhelm Peters
Russia's Arctic coastline from the White Sea to the Bering Strait had been explored and settled by Pomors, Russian settlers from Novgorod.
Siberia is a vast region spanning the northern part of the Asian continent and forming the Asiatic portion of Russia. As a result of the Russian conquest of Siberia and of the subsequent population movements during the Soviet era (1917–1991), the modern-day demographics of Siberia is dominated by ethnic Russians (Siberiaks) and other Slavs. However, there remains a slowly increasing number of Indigenous groups, accounting for about 5% of the total Siberian population, some of which are closely genetically related to Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
A group of Kachin Khakas
Selenga Buryats
A Nenet family in Novaya Zemlya
A Nanai family in traditional costumes