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Nenets, autonomous okrug (district), northeastern European Russia. The okrug extends along the coast of the Barents Sea, from Mezen Bay to Baydarata Bay. The surface is a level plain, broken by the northern ends of the Timan Hills and the Urals. In the east the okrug is underlain by part of the.
Mar 11, 2024 · Yamalo-Nenets, autonomous okrug (district), in northwestern Siberia, central Russia. It was established in 1930 as an autonomous okrug for the Nenets, or Samoyed, people, although by the late 20th century they constituted only about one-tenth of the population.
Dec 23, 2016 · The livelihood of the Nenets people who live along the northern stretches of the Yenisei, Russia’s longest river, depends on two pursuits: fishing and reindeer herding. But locals have said both ...
Nov 24, 2015 · November 24, 2015 4:00 AM EST. T he indigenous Nenets people in Russia’s distant arctic tundra region have lived nomadic lives for thousands of years, herding their reindeers across some of the ...
Nenets is the language of the Nentsy people. It is part of the Samoyedic group of Uralic languages and has two main dialects: Forest and Tundra. Each of these main dialects is further divided into sub-dialects. In 1932, a Latin-based alphabet was created for the Nenets language, which had previously been unwritten.
May 4, 2016 · A day in life of Nenets reindeer herders in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Russia. The Nenets are an indigenous nomadic people of Arctic Russia. They live off reindeer herding and fishing.
Mar 11, 2016 · The Nenets endure temperatures as cold as minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit at nighttime, and they’re basically in a permanent state of exercise—between constantly rebuilding their chums (rawhide ...
