NADYM, Russia (AP) — It’s a holiday celebrated annually in Russia’s Yamal-Nenets region in the Arctic. For the indigenous nomadic Nenets people, Reindeer Herders’ Day offers a chance to show their ...

The collected materials will be used in work on a Nenets-Russian online dictionary ARKHANGELSK, December 19. /TASS/. Scientists of the Northern Arctic Federal University made an audio collection of ...

MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. The life of these nomadic peoples is focused on deer. Deer is the base, the food, the source of income, and the transport. The Nenets and Komi follow deer from summer to ...

Plans by Russia's government to merge the northwestern region of Arkhangelsk, the Nenets Autonomous District, and the Republic of Komi, have sparked protest among residents who fear losing their ...

NADYM, Russia — It's a holiday celebrated annually in Russia's Yamal-Nenets region in the Arctic. For the indigenous nomadic Nenets people, Reindeer Herders' Day offers a chance to show their prowess ...

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Lyudmila Laptander, an activist advocating autonomy for her mineral-rich Nenets region in the Russian Arctic, worries authorities are planning to sacrifice its traditions for the promise of economic ...

Russia’s Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia, is perhaps the most productive reindeer-herding region in the world. The animals are suited for the freezing temperatures and thick snow. Hundreds of ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia holds a presidential election on Sunday but voting has already begun in the flat, snow-covered expanses of the Siberian Arctic, which are home to the nomadic Nenets people ...

Eking out a living on the frozen tundra of Russia's far north is no simple task. The nomadic Nenets people have traditionally herded reindeer, but now that way of life is under threat as alcoholism ...

Russian independent Lukoil brought some Yuletide cheer in the country's Yamal-Nenets region in a national holiday period that is far from over. Just before Christmas, Lukoil president Vagit Alekperov ...

NADYM, Russia (AP) - It's a holiday celebrated annually in Russia's Yamal-Nenets region in the Arctic. For the indigenous nomadic Nenets people, Reindeer Herder's Day offers a chance to show their ...