Nenets
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The Nenets, in the past also called Samoyeds or Yuraks, are a Samoyedic ethnic group native to the Russian Arctic, in the Russian Far North. According to the latest census in 2021, there were 49,646 N
A Nenets family in the Brekhovskie Islands, 1913
Nenets man, c. 1862
A group of Nenets in Dudinka (2000)
Nenets family, 2006
Samoyedic peoples
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The Samoyedic peoples are a group of closely related peoples who speak Samoyedic languages, which are part of the Uralic family. They are a linguistic, ethnic, and cultural grouping. The name derives
Nenets
…The Nenets (Nenets: ненэй ненэче, romanized: nenəj nenəče; Russian: ненцы, romanized: nentsy), in the past also called Samoyeds or Yuraks, are a Samoyedic ethnic group native to the Russian Arctic, in the Russian Far North. According to the latest census in 2021, there were 49,646 Nenets in the Russian Federation…
Samoyed in summer dress, in 1781, by Johann Gottlieb Georgi
Samoyed in 1781 by Johann Gottlieb Georgi
Habit of a Samoyed woman and child in 1768, by Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche
A reindeer herd in Kolguyev Island in 1895.