List of larger indigenous peoples of Russia

The list of larger indigenous peoples of Russia includes extant indigenous peoples in the territory of Russia who are not listed in the official list of minor indigenous peoples of Russia.

Titular nations

This sublist includes indigenous peoples of Russia which are titular nations, i. e., peoples who gave rise to the names of autonomous areas, e. g. republics.

  • Ethnic Russians (to distinguish from Russians as citizens of Russia regardless of ethnicity), state-forming people[1] of Russia;

Far East

North Caucasus

Indigenous peoples of Dagestan

This small republic has a relatively large number of ethnic groups and languages. According to a 2000 decree of the government of Russian Federation,[2] Dagestan was supposed to compile its own list of small-numbered indigenous peoples, to be included in the overall list of minor indigenous peoples of Russia.

Northwest

Siberia
  • Altay, ethnicity and titular people of Altai Republic, federal subject of Russia;
  • Khakas, ethnicity and titular people of Khakassia, federal subject of Russia;
  • Tuvans, ethnicity and titular people of Tuva, federal subject of Russia;

South

Ural

Volga region
  • Bashkirs, ethnicity and titular people of Bashkortostan, federal subject of Russia;
  • Chuvash, ethnicity and titular people of Chuvashia, federal subject of Russia;
  • Mari, ethnicity and titular people of Mari El, federal subject of Russia;
  • Mordvin, ethnicity and titular people of Mordovia, federal subject of Russia;
  • Tatars, ethnicity and titular people of Tatarstan, federal subject of Russia;
  • Udmurts, ethnicity and titular people of Udmurtia, federal subject of Russia.

See also

References
  1. "[CONSTITUTION OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION] (article 68, paragraph 1)". Электронный фонд правовых и нормативно-технических документов (docs.cntd.ru) (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  2. "[On the unified list of indigenous small-numbered peoples of Russian Federation]". demoscope.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  3. "[ABOUT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN]". Электронный фонд правовых и нормативно-технических документов (docs.cntd.ru) (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-01-16.
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