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The Nenets people speak either the Tundra or Forest Nenets languages. In the Russian Federation they have a status of Indigenous small-numbered peoples. [3] Today, the Nenets people face numerous challenges from the state and oil and gas companies that threaten the environment and their way of life.
Mar 4, 2020 · The Nenets call themselves "the children of the reindeer." They number fewer than 50,000. In Russia's hostile tundra conditions, their lives are much as they were hundreds of years ago.
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- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Oct 17, 2016 · The Nenets people are nomadic reindeer herders in North-West Siberia. They heavily depend on their herds for food, clothes, transport and shelter and have migrated for over 1000 years across their ...
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The Nenets are an indigenous people living in the Nenets tundra, a region of northwestern Siberia, Russia. Their life is largely nomadic, focusing on herding...
History. Nenets is the singular noun for the Nentsy people, ( ненец ‘nenets’, ненцы ‘nentsy’ (pl.) in Russian ), one group of the various peoples that inhabit the Russian tundra. This Samoyedic group includes the Enets, Selkup, and Nganasan people. The Nentsy were referred to as "Yurak Samoyed," the term Samoyed coming from ...
The Nenets, an indigenous and small-numbered people of the Russian North, are culturally and linguistically divided into two distinct communities: the Tundra Nenets and the Forest Nenets.
The Nenets, reindeer herders in Russia’s Arctic, face modern obstacles in their long journey: climate change and a giant natural gas field.
