![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buryats</span> Siberian ethnic group](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_Buryatia.svg/320px-Flag_of_Buryatia.svg.png)
The Buryats are a Mongolic ethnic group native to southeastern Siberia who speak the Buryat language. They are one of the two largest indigenous groups in Siberia, the other being the Yakuts. The majority of the Buryats today live in their titular homeland, the Republic of Buryatia, a federal subject of Russia which sprawls along the southern coast and partially straddles Lake Baikal. Smaller groups of Buryats also inhabit Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug and the Agin-Buryat Okrug which are to the west and east of Buryatia respectively as well as northeastern Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, China. They traditionally formed the major northern subgroup of the Mongols.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sayan Mountains</span> Mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia and northern Mongolia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Munku-Sardyk.jpg/320px-Munku-Sardyk.jpg)
The Sayan Mountains are a mountain range in southern Siberia spanning southeastern Russia and northern Mongolia. Before the rapid expansion of the Tsardom of Russia, the mountain range served as the border between Mongolian and Russian cultures and cultural influences.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sakha Republic</span> First-level administrative division of Russia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Map_of_Russia_%282014%E2%80%932022%29_-_Sakha_%28Yakutia%29_%28Crimea_disputed%29.svg/320px-Map_of_Russia_%282014%E2%80%932022%29_-_Sakha_%28Yakutia%29_%28Crimea_disputed%29.svg.png)
Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of one million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eastern Federal District, and is the world's largest country subdivision, covering over 3,083,523 square kilometers (1,190,555 sq mi). Yakutsk, which is the world's coldest major city, is its capital and largest city.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tungusic languages</span> Language family of Siberia and Manchuria](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Tungusic_map_unlabeled.svg/320px-Tungusic_map_unlabeled.svg.png)
The Tungusic languages form a language family spoken in Eastern Siberia and Manchuria by Tungusic peoples. Many Tungusic languages are endangered. There are approximately 75,000 native speakers of the dozen living languages of the Tungusic language family. The term "Tungusic" is from an exonym for the Evenk people (Ewenki) used by the Yakuts ("tongus").
The Oroqen or Orochen people are an ethnic group in northern China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. The Oroqen people are largely concentrated in the northern Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia, which are home to 45.54% and 41.94% of the 8,259 Oroqen people living in China. The Oroqen Autonomous Banner is also located in Inner Mongolia.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tuvans</span> Siberian Turkic ethnic group](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/%D0%9C%D3%A9%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5_%D0%94%D0%B0%D2%A3%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%802._2016.jpg/320px-%D0%9C%D3%A9%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5_%D0%94%D0%B0%D2%A3%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%802._2016.jpg)
The Tuvans or Tyvans are a Turkic ethnic group indigenous to Siberia that live in Tuva, Mongolia, and China. They speak the Tuvan language, a Siberian Turkic language. In Mongolia, they are regarded as one of the Uriankhai peoples.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Evenki language</span> Tungusic language of eastern Russia and China](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Distribution_of_the_Tungusic_languages.svg/320px-Distribution_of_the_Tungusic_languages.svg.png)
Evenki, formerly known as Tungus, is the largest member of the northern group of Tungusic languages, a group which also includes Even, Negidal, and the more closely related Oroqen language. The name is sometimes wrongly given as "Evenks". It is spoken by the Evenki or Ewenkī(s) in Russia and China.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Evens</span> Tungusic ethnic group](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Even_women.jpg/320px-Even_women.jpg)
The Evens /əˈvɛn/ are a people in Siberia and the Russian Far East. They live in regions of the Magadan Oblast and Kamchatka Krai and northern parts of Sakha east of the Lena River, although they are a nomadic people. According to the 2002 census, there were 19,071 Evens in Russia. According to the 2010 census, there were 22,383 Evens in Russia. They speak their own language called Even, one of the Tungusic languages; it is heavily influenced by their lifestyle and reindeer herding. It is also closely related to the language of their neighbors, the Evenks. The Evens are close to the Evenks by their origins and culture, having migrated with them from central China over 10,000 years ago. Officially, they have been considered to be of Orthodox faith since the 19th century, though the Evens have retained some pre-Christian practices, such as shamanism. Traditional Even life is centered upon nomadic pastoralism of domesticated reindeer, supplemented with hunting, fishing and animal-trapping. Outside of Russia, there are 104 Evens in Ukraine, 19 of whom spoke Even.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Negidals</span> Ethnic group](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Negidals.jpg/320px-Negidals.jpg)
Negidals are an Indigenous ethnic group in the Khabarovsk Krai in Russia, who live along the Amgun River and Amur River.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Soyot</span> Turkic ethnic group in Buryatia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%B2_%D0%A1%D0%A4%D0%9E_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BC%2C_%D0%B2_%25.png/320px-%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%B2_%D0%A1%D0%A4%D0%9E_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BC%2C_%D0%B2_%25.png)
The Soyot are an ethnic group of Samoyedic and Turkic origin who live mainly in the Oka region in the Okinsky District in Buryatia, Russia. They share much of their history with the Tofalar, Tozhu Tuvans, Dukha, and Buryat; the Soyot have taken on a great deal of Buryat cultural influence and were grouped together with them under Soviet policy. Due to intermarriage between Soyots and Buryats, the Soyot population is heavily mixed with the Buryat. In 2000, they were reinstated as a distinct ethnic group.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tungusic peoples</span> Ethnolinguistic group](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Massa_-_Caerte_van%27t_Noorderste_Russen%2C_Samojeden%2C_ende_Tingoesen_Landt.jpg/320px-Massa_-_Caerte_van%27t_Noorderste_Russen%2C_Samojeden%2C_ende_Tingoesen_Landt.jpg)
Tungusic peoples are an ethnolinguistic group formed by the speakers of Tungusic languages. They are native to Siberia, China, and Mongolia.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shamanism in Siberia</span> Indigenous religions in Siberia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B4%D0%B5.jpg/320px-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B4%D0%B5.jpg)
A large minority of people in North Asia, particularly in Siberia, follow the religio-cultural practices of shamanism. Some researchers regard Siberia as the heartland of shamanism.
Khamnigan is a Mongolic language spoken by the Hamnigan people east of Lake Baikal.
The Solon people are a subgroup of the Ewenki (Evenk) people of northeastern Asia. They live in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Heilongjiang Province, and constitute the majority of China's Ewenki.
The Khamnigan, Hamnigan Mongols, or Tungus Evenki, are an ethnic subgroup of Mongolized Evenks. Khamnigan is the Buryat–Mongolian term for all Ewenkis. In the early 16th century, the Evenks of Transbaikalia or Khamnigans were tributary to the Khalkha. They who lived around Nerchinsk and the Aga steppe faced both Cossack demands for tribute and Khori-Buriats trying to occupy their pastures. Most of them came under the Cossack rule and enrolled the Cossack regiments in the Selenge valley. The Khori Buriats occupied most of the Aga steppe and forced the Ewenkis to flee to the Qing Dynasty.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reindeer in Russia</span>](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Map_of_reindeer_herds_in_Russia.jpg)
Reindeer in Russia include tundra and forest reindeer and are subspecies of Rangifer tarandus. Tundra reindeer include the Novaya Zemlya (R.t.pearsoni) and Sápmi subspecies and the Siberian tundra reindeer.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reindeer herding</span> Practice of herding reindeer in a limited area](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2.jpg/320px-%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2.jpg)
Reindeer herding is when reindeer are herded by people in a limited area. Currently, reindeer are the only semi-domesticated animal which naturally belong to the North. Reindeer herding is conducted in nine countries: Norway, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Greenland, Alaska, Mongolia, China and Canada. A small herd is also maintained in Scotland's Cairngorms National Park.
Ethel John Lindgren was an American-born British ethnologist and anthropologist who studied the customs of nomadic herders and shamanism in Manchuria apart from folkloristic studies. She was a major influence on a generation of English field anthropologists through her teaching at Cambridge University.
Tokinsko-Stanovoy National Park is located at the mountainous headwaters of the Zeya River, in the Stanovoy Highlands of the Russian Far East. It was created in 2019 to protect important natural features - particularly the Siberian snow sheep, and also the cultural heritage of the reindeer-herding indigenous Evenki people. The park is located in the Zeysky District of Amur Oblast, at the meeting point of the borders of Amur Oblast, the Sakha Republic, and Khabarovsk Krai.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bernhard Eduardovich Petri</span> Russian anthropoligist (1884-1937)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%AD._%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8.jpg/320px-%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%AD._%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8.jpg)
Bernhard Eduardovich Petri was a Russian anthropologist and archaeologist. Petri organized archeology and ethnographic expeditions to Lake Baikal, while employed by the Kunstkamera during the 1910s.