Nenets
Sign in to saveThe 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 Nenets in the Russian Federation, most of them living in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District stretching along the coastline of the Arctic Ocean near the Arctic Circle between Kola and Taymyr peninsulas. The Nenets people speak either the Tundra or Forest Nenets languages. In the Russian Federation they have a status of Indigen
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The Nenets are an indigenous ethnic group native to the Russian Arctic, traditionally living in regions along the Arctic Ocean coast, with approximately 49,646 people recorded in the 2021 census. They matter as a distinct Samoyedic people with their own languages and cultures, recognized as indigenous to Russia, though their populations and traditional ways of life face challenges in the modern world.
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- Ethnic group.group
- Nenets
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- 250px
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- A Nenets family in the Brekhovskie Islands, 1913
- Ethnic group.population
- 50,000
- Ethnic group.region1
- Russia Arkhangelsk Oblast: ∟ Tyumen Oblast: ∟
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 49,646
- Ethnic group.region4
- Ukraine
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 217
- Ethnic group.langs
- Nenets, Russian
- Ethnic group.rels
- Shamanism, Animism, Russian Orthodoxy
- Ethnic group.related
- Enets, Nganasans, Selkups
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Ненэй, ненэче
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13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Number and settlement
- Language
- History
- Environment
- Oil drilling in the peninsula
- The impact on the Nenets people
- Nenets activism
- Genetics
- Notable Nenets
- See also
- References
- External links
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 Nenets in the Russian Federation, most of them living in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District stretching along the coastline of the Arctic Ocean near the Arctic Circle between Kola and Taymyr peninsulas. The Nenets people speak either the Tundra or Forest Nenets languages. In the Russian Federation they have a status of Indigenous small-numbered peoples. Today, the Nenets people face numerous challenges from the state and oil and gas companies that threaten the environment and their way of life. As a result, many cite a rise in locally based activism.
== Etymology == The old Russian name 'Samoyedy' most probably came from the ancient name of the territory where the Sami and the Nenets lived together Saame edna (the land of Sami). The name 'Samoyed' went out of usage at the beginning of the 20th century. The people are known as the nentsy/nenej nenetsj, which means "real humans".
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Ethnic groups in RussiaIndigenous peoples of European RussiaIndigenous peoples of SiberiaIndigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far EastModern nomadsNenets Autonomous OkrugNenets peopleNomadic groups in Eurasia"Related ethnic groups" needing confirmationSamoyedic peoplesWhite SeaYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug