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The Nenets have endured the challenges of colonial intrusions, civil war, revolution and forced collectivisation. Today, their herding way of life is again seriously threatened. To survive as a people, the Nenets need unobstructed access to their pastures and an environment untouched by industrial waste.
The Tatars [36] ( / ˈtɑːtərz / TAH-tərz ), [37] formerly also spelt Tartars, [36] is an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar" across Eastern Europe and Asia. [38] Initially, the ethnonym Tatar possibly referred to the Tatar confederation. That confederation was eventually incorporated into the Mongol ...
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May 21: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. 1138 – The Crusades: The siege of Shaizar ended, and the Emir of Shaizar became a vassal of the Byzantine Empire. 1864 – American Civil War: The inconclusive Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia ended with combined Union and Confederate casualties totaling ...
The Nganasans ( / əŋˈɡænəsæn / əng-GAN-ə-san; Nganasan: ӈәнә"са (нә") ŋənəhsa (nəh), ня (") ńæh) are a Uralic people of the Samoyedic branch native to the Taymyr Peninsula in north Siberia. In the Russian Federation, they are recognized as one of the Indigenous peoples of the Russian North. They reside primarily in the ...
At present the Nenets are the largest group speaking Samoyedic, a branch of the Uralic language family. Their name comes from the word nenets meaning “man.”. Descended from people formerly inhabiting southwest Siberia, the Nenets are reindeer pastoralists, fishermen, and hunters (especially of wild reindeer) of the tundra, but they also ...
Nov 2, 2017 · People Impacted by Climate Change – The Nenets. November 2, 2017. The Nenets are reindeer herders in Russia’s Arctic that migrate 800 miles each year. The National Geographic Article, They Migrate 800 Miles a Year. Now It’s Getting Tougher, tells their story. The Nenets have undertaken this annual migration for centuries, and at 800 miles ...
