Daily life of tundra nenets

Happy New Year!! After some days of rest, we retake the activity in the blog with an interesting photo documentary of one day in tundra nenets life.

With a population of over 41,000, the Nenets are one of the largest of the indigenous groups in Northern Siberia. Their territory covers a vast area that stretches from the Kanin Peninsula at the White Sea in the west, all the way to the Taymyr Peninsula, a distance of more than 2,000 km. Nowadays most Nenets live in northern areas of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District and the Nenets Autonomous District. The Nenets are comprised of two distinct groups the Tundra Nenets who live in the North, and the Forest Nenets, a much smaller group of around 2,500, who live in the forests to the south.

The Nenets belong to the Samoyed group of peoples. Their ancestors originated in Southern Siberia and are believed to have settled in the Russian North about 1000 years ago. The first written reference to them was made in 1096 in Nestor’s chronicles. Traditionally the Nenets are reindeer breeders, who also hunt, trap and fish. The Nenets who lived in coastal areas also hunted sea mammals but reindeer is the basis of their culture providing food, clothing, shelter (skin tents) and transport.

In the following link you can find the photo gallery and more detailed information about tundra nents.

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