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Data on the geographic distribution of native peoples of the Soviet North, published for the 1970 and 1979 censuses (Tsentral' noye statistcheskoye upravleniye SSSR 1973, 1984), are summarized by administrative division and nationality for comparison with data for 1959, 1970 and 1979 given in Polar Record 20(125): 169-70 (1980). Of the Chukchi, Dolgany, Eskimosy, Itel'meny, Koryaki, Mansi, Nganasany, Saamy and Yakuty, more than 70% were reported to live within a single northern administrative division in 1979. More widely distributed were the Aleuty, Evenki, Eveny, Karely, Khanty, Sel'kupy and Yukagiry. The total population of northern native peoples was 915,096 in 1970 and 951,471 in 1979.

Publication Date

6-17-1991

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Survey, Data, USSR

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http://hdl.handle.net/11122/14408

Geographic distribution of northern peoples of the USSR, 1970 nd 1979

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