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Ngytarma and Ngamteru: Concepts of the Dead and (Non)Interactions with Them in Northern Siberia
ReligionsThis article examines some features of the mythological beliefs and funeral rites of Siberia’s two related Uralic peoples—the Nenets and the Nganasans. The afterlife fate in the mythology of Nenets and Nganasans is similar—the souls of the dead go to the
Olga B. Khristoforova
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Two approaches to reversing language shift and the Soviet publication program for indigenous minorities [PDF]
, 2005 The present paper discusses the interplay between the Soviet state policy towards indigenous languages of "Northern Minorities" and the attitudes of the indigenous communities to their languages and to language endangerment. The author uses statistics on
Vakhtin, Nikolai
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Voice and Frames in the Soviet Nenets’ Auto/Biographies
European Journal of Life Writing, 2020 This article explores the narrative and metalinguistic devices used by two Nenets writers, Nikolaj Vylka and Anton Pyrerka, in the auto/ biographical novels they wrote in the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Focusing on narrator roles and voices, the article argues that despite the overarching programme of socialist realism, the writers creatively used ...
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Cross‐border dimensions of Arctic climate change impacts and implications for Europe
WIREs Climate Change, Volume 15, Issue 5, September/October 2024.Climate change in the Arctic can initiate impacts that propagate into regions outside the Arctic via different transmission pathways, posing cross‐border risks that require consideration of adaptation responses. Abstract The Arctic has warmed almost four times faster than the rest of the globe during the past four decades.
Claire Mosoni +4 more
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Arctic Review on Law and Politics, 2015 According to official statistics, there are decreasing numbers of Nenets people—the largest group of indigenous small-numbered people in Russia—who know their native language. Moreover, it is mostly elderly people who know the language.
Ekaterina Andreyevna Zmyvalova
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Inferences about the population history of Rangifer tarandus from Y chromosome and mtDNA phylogenies
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2024.We established for the first time comprehensive analysis of Y and mtDNA lineages in Rangifer tarandus, representing reindeer and caribou across North America, Eurasia, and the Arctic Islands. Our results highlight migrations over long distances after the Last Glacial Maximum, subsequent recolonizations, and human‐mediated trajectories, especially the ...
Elif Bozlak +7 more
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Consumption‐Based Carbon Emissions of 85 Federal Entities in Russia
Earth's Future, Volume 12, Issue 6, June 2024.Abstract As the fourth largest CO2 emitter, Russia's constituent entities collectively contribute with vast territory and regional heterogeneity. Existing studies only present production‐based inventories; state‐level consumption‐based emissions patterns and driving forces remain rare.
Jie Li +8 more
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Vastuolulised sõjad ja kestev kolonisatsioon neenetsi tundras
Keel ja KirjandusContested wars and ongoing colonization in the Nenets tundra This article examines how long-term colonial domination shapes attitudes toward war, violence, and the state among Nenets reindeer herders in the European tundra and the Polar Urals. Drawing
Laur Vallikivi
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Samoyedic Diary : Early Years of Visual Anthropology in the Soviet Arctic [PDF]
, 2016 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author appreciates the comments and remarks of Craig Campbell (University of Texas, Austin) and of all the participants in the workshop dedicated to the commemoration of Vladimir G.
Arzyutov, Dmitry
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Memories of A.C. Benkendorf about the 1802 trip to the mouth of the Ob River as ethnographic source [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографииThe article presents the analysis of the ethnographic information found in the notes of A.C. Benkendorf on his journey from Tobolsk to Obdorsk in summer 1802; the data have been compared with published materials close in chronology and subject.
Adaev V.N.
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