Taymyr Autonomous Okrug
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Taymyr Dolgano-Nenets Autonomous Okrug was a federal subject of Russia, the northernmost in Siberian Russia. It was named after the Taymyr Peninsula. It was also called Dolgan-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,
Landscape of Taymyr
Indigenous people of Taymyr
Nganasans form one of the indigenous peoples of the Taymyr.
Evenk Autonomous Okrug
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Evenk Autonomous Okrug, or Evenkia, was a federal subject of Russia. It had been created in 1930. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Tura. As of 2006, at 767,600 km2, it was Ru
Taymyr Autonomous Okrug
…than half of Taymyr's inhabitants, was the administrative center. Following a referendum on the issue held on April 17, 2005, Taymyr Dolgano-Nenets and Evenk Autonomous Okrugs were merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai effective January 1, 2007. Taymyr was given a special status within Krasnoyarsk Krai and incorporated as Taymyrsky…
Evenks are native to Evenkia, as well as Yakutia & beyond.