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Nenets deputies want early retirement for chum workers

The deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug adopted a resolution to amend the federal law “On Pension Insurance” by proposing to …

11.06.2026

Yamal Nenets children back to tundra for school break

Summer vacation has begun in the schools of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, and children from indigenous peoples attending boarding schools are being transported back to …

11.06.2026

With Putin's permission, the Nenets remain an indigenous people

On 30 April 30 of this year, the Day of Indigenous Small Peoples was celebrated for the first time in the Russian Federation, in accordance …

30.05.2026

Putin and Lukashenko called Pyak family

From time to time, strange news comes from the Finno-Ugric regions of the Russian Federation, one of which is undoubtedly the phone call between the Russian and Belarusian presidents to the Pyak family of Nenets reindeer herders.

21.04.2024

Children's animation in Nenets

The Russian children's animation series Be-be-bears ('Mi-mi-mishki' in Russian) will have several episodes translated into Nenets.

08.03.2024

Sacred natural sites designated in Yamalia

In the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, signs describing sacred sites may appear. The idea was announced at a meeting of the Council of Indigenous Minorities of the North in Salekhard.

05.03.2024

Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs 93 years

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug celebrated their 93rd birthdays on 10 December.

12.12.2023

Free Nenets language course at the University of Helsinki!

An online course on Nenets languages in English will start at 15:00 on 6 September at the University of Helsinki. Anyone is welcome to attend, …

06.09.2023

Polar bear attacked reindeer herder family in Yamal

A polar bear attacked a family of reindeer herders in the remote inland tradin post of Ust-Juribey, Yamal-Nenets autonomous region, Yamal Media reported.

04.08.2023

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2021

That is why the 2021 theme is “Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract.” But, what does it mean?

09.08.2021

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 9 August

9 August commemorates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. It is celebrated around the world and marks the date of the inaugural session …

07.08.2020

Doctoral thesis: Spoken and silenced history of the Yamal Nenets

Arcticcentre.org: Roza Laptander defended a theses about silence in the University of Lapland. Her dissertation is based on the stories of the Nenets reindeer herders …

28.04.2020