Samoyedic peoples

The Samoyedic peoples (also Samodeic peoples) are those peoples that speak Samoyedic languages, which are part of the Uralic family. They are a linguistic grouping, not an ethnic or cultural one. The name derives from the obsolete term Samoyed used in Russia for some indigenous peoples of Siberia.

Existing Peoples

Extinct Peoples

The largest of the Samoyedic peoples are the Nenets, who mainly live in two autonomous districts of Russia: Yamalo-Nenetsia and Nenetsia. Part of the Nenets and most of the Enets and Nganasans used to live in Taymyria autonomous district (formerly known as Dolgano-Nenetsia), but today this area is a territory with special status within Krasnoyarsk Krai. Most of the Selkups live in Yamalo-Nenetsia, but there is also significant population in Tomsk Oblast.

A group of Samoyeds around a campfire, 1914

Samoyed in winterdress (before 1906)

Nenets child

Nenets inside a tent

A reindeer herd in Kolguyev Island in 1895.

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