Sámi of Russia

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The Sámi of Russia are an Indigenous Finno-Ugric people traditionally inhabiting the Kola Peninsula in the Russian Arctic, known for their reindeer herding, fishing, and distinct cultural and linguistic heritage.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Ter Sámi people 5
Akkala Sami people 1
Kildin Sámi people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Finno-Ugric people
Indigenous people
ethnic minority in Russia
continent Asia
Europe
crossBorderPeople Finland
Norway
Sweden
culturalHeritage Arctic subsistence practices
reindeer-based nomadic culture
yoik singing tradition
ethnicGroupOf Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
facingIssue environmental impacts from mining
industrial development pressure
language endangerment
loss of traditional lands
geographicEnvironment Arctic coastline
forest-tundra
tundra
hasOrganization Council of Representatives of the Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the North under the Government of Murmansk Oblast
Kola Sámi Association
historicalProcess Russification
Soviet collectivization
sedentarization policies
languageFamily Finno-Ugric languages
Uralic languages
legalStatusInRussia Indigenous small-numbered people
partOf Sápmi
politicalParticipation Barents Regional Sámi Council
linked to: Saami Council
populationCharacteristic small population size
recognizedAs Indigenous small-numbered people of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation
relatedEthnicGroup Sámi of Finland
linked to: Sámi

Sámi of Norway
linked to: Sámi

Sámi of Sweden
linked to: Sámi
religion Lutheranism
Russian Orthodoxy
Sámi indigenous religion
traditionalCraft duodji
traditionalEconomicActivity fishing
gathering
handicrafts
hunting
reindeer herding
traditionalLanguage Akkala Sámi language
Kildin Sámi language
Skolt Sámi language
linked to: Skolt Sami language

Ter Sámi language
traditionalLanguageStatus severely endangered
traditionalTerritory Kola Peninsula
Murmansk Oblast
Russian Arctic
linked to: Arctic region

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tersky Coast of the White Sea traditionalInhabitants Ter Sámi people
linked to: Sámi of Russia
Tersky Coast of the White Sea ethnicGroupAssociated Ter Sámi people
linked to: Sámi of Russia
Tersky Coast of the White Sea minorityPeople Ter Sámi people
linked to: Sámi of Russia
Tersky Coast of the White Sea culturalRegionFor Ter Sámi people
linked to: Sámi of Russia
Ter Sámi traditionalSpeakers Ter Sámi people
linked to: Sámi of Russia
Sami flag associatedWith Russian Sami
linked to: Sámi of Russia
Akkala Sami spokenBy Akkala Sami people
linked to: Sámi of Russia
Kolt Saami spokenBy Kildin Sámi people
linked to: Sámi of Russia
Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North hasMemberCommunities Sámi in Russia
linked to: Sámi of Russia