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 Khant peoples -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The Khanty are one of the few indigenous minorities of Siberia with an autonomy in the form of an (additional info and facts about okrug) okrug (autonomous district).
The Khanty are one of the few indigenous minorities in Siberia with an autonomy in the form of an (additional info and facts about okrug) okrug (autonomous district).
The Khanty language is a language belonging to the Ugric branch of the (A family of Ural-Altaic languages) Uralic languages, consisting of ten dialects, divided into southern, northern and eastern subgroups, and closely related to the Mansi language.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/kh/khant_peoples.htm   (586 words)

  
 Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
All the information on the present web-site is for personal use and is not subject to further reproduction and/or distribution in any form only with the permission of the Governor’s Administration of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra in writing form.
Natalia Zapadnova is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Okrug on issues of social policy by the Decree of the Yugra Governor of November 10, 2005
Kirill Morozov is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Okrug on issues of investments and innovations by the Decree of the Yugra Governor of November 10, 2005
www.hmao.wsnet.ru /english   (289 words)

  
 International School "Inverse Problems: Theory and Applications"
The town of Khanty-Mansiysk is the capital of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (District).
The town is situated in West Siberia, on the Irtysh River near its confluence with the Ob River.
www.math.nsc.ru /conference/invconf/eng/inform.html   (234 words)

  
 Funeral Customs of the Northern Khants
The paper gives a survey of the funerals in the Oktyabrskoye, Beloyarsk and Beryozovo regions of the Khanty-Mansi autonomous district (okrug) and the Shuryshkary and Priuralsk regions of the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district.
The funeral customs of the northernmost Khants who bury their dead in gravehouse on the ground are similar to those of the Nenets who inhabit the lower course of the Ob River.
This paper is mainly based on the material collected by the author during fieldwork between the years 1974 and 1989 and in 1996.
folklore.ee /folklore/vol7/khants.htm   (2159 words)

  
 Khanty-Mansi --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The Khanty-Mansi national okrug was established in 1930 for the Khanty (Ostyak) and Mansi (Vogul) peoples, although the majority of the present population are Russian settlers; the national okrug became an autonomous okrug in 1977.
The Khanty-Mansi national okrug was established in 1930 for the Khanty (Ostyak) and Mansi (Vogul) peoples, although the...
Widely dispersed along the Ob River and its tributaries, the so-called Ob-Ugric peoples, the Khanty and the Mansi, are among the least demographically significant of the Finno-Ugric groups.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9045273   (2159 words)

  
 Khanty people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Khanty are one of the few indigenous minorities of Siberia with an autonomy in the form of an okrug (autonomous district).
The Khanty are one of the few indigenous minorities in Siberia with an autonomy in the form of an okrug (autonomous district).
Khanty (obsolete: Yugra, Ostyaks) are an endangered ethnic group calling themself Khanti, Khande, Kantek (Khanty), living in the autonomous region Khantia-Mansia in Russian Federation, together with Mansi peoples.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Khant_peoples   (2159 words)

  
 HUNMAGYAR.ORG - TURAN - KHANTY-MANSI
In the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District the Decree of Giving the Communal Land to the Aborigines for Termless Use was adopted in 1992, while in the subsequent governmental Agrarian Code the corresponding period is 25 years.
Administratively the territory belongs to the Khanty-Mansi (until 1949 Ostyak-Vogul, administrative centre Khanty-Mansijsk) and Yamal Nenets Autonomous Districts of the Tyumen Province; the area on the rivers Konda and Irtysh belongs to the Tomsk Province.
The Soviet government offered some political recognition in the establishement of the Khanty-Mansi National Okrug in 1930, but the government's aims were to assimilate the Mansi.
www.hunmagyar.org /khaman/khaman.html   (2159 words)

  
 Khanty people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Khanty (obsolete: Ostyaks) are an endangered indigenous people calling themself Khanti, Khande, Kantek (Khanty), living in the Khanty-Mansi autonomous district, a region historically known as "Yugra" in Russian Federation, together with Mansi peoples.
The Khanty are one of the few indigenous minorities of Siberia with an autonomy in the form of an okrug (autonomous district).
The Khanty language is a language belonging to the Ugric branch of the Uralic languages, consisting of ten dialects, divided into southern, northern and eastern subgroups, and closely related to the Mansi language.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Khanty   (569 words)

  
 Ob-Ugric: Khanty and Mansi (from Uralic languages) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The Khanty-Mansi national okrug was established in 1930 for the Khanty (Ostyak) and Mansi (Vogul) peoples, although the majority of the present population are Russian settlers; the national okrug became an autonomous okrug in 1977.
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Although the Khanty have decreased in number over the past few centuries, their language is still maintained by about 14,000 speakers.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-74933   (783 words)

  
 Yamal Peninsula, Northwest Siberia
In September and October of 1996, the Yamal-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Dumas voted to ignore a presidential decree ordering them to hold elections for the regional Tyumen Oblast governnor simultaneously with their own elections.
If this turns out to be the case, Nenets and Khanty will continue to live under conditions of increasing turmoil and social depravation, while the natural resources from their land provide new wealth to those holding the reins of power.
The culture and technology of the Nenets and Khanty were well adapted to the nomad pastoralist lifestyle of this arctic environment.
arcticcircle.uconn.edu /SEEJ/Yamal/intro.html   (2016 words)

  
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Mansi (self-name - man) is a people in Western Siberia, the indigenous population of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.
The Mansi are mostly distributed there over the right tributaries of the Ob River (Fig.
Manus - Introduction to government, people, culture and history of Manus Island, province of Papua New Guinea articles by Manusians and friends of Manus this a great province of Papua New Guinea.
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 TURAN - KHANTY
The Khanty is one of the few indigenous minorities of Siberia with an autonomy in the form of the autonomous okrug.
The Khanty are the people of Western Siberia living in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomus Okrug (11.9 thousand.
The traditional occupations of the Khanty are fishery, taiga hunting and reindeer herding.
www.hunmagyar.org /khaman/khant.html   (6992 words)

  
 Aboriginal population-Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
Within the vast Tobolsk Province (the present territory of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug is the part of it) 22.5 ths.
Till the beginning of 90-s the number of the Khanty, Mansi and Nenetses remained stable, the reason is the quick growth of the Okrug population especially in 70-80-s, their density in the total number of population is constantly decreasing: from 41 % in 20-s to 1.5 - 2 % at present.
During the last quarter of the century according to the statistical data of the Okrug Territorial Medical Board the natural growth of the Northern small-in-number population, residing on the territory of the Okrug, was positive and varied over particular years from 6.3 (1994) to 28.0 (1997) per 1000 inhabitants.
www.admhmao.ru /english/peopleE/spravka/demogr.htm   (6992 words)

  
 Funeral Customs of the Northern Khants
The paper gives a survey of the funerals in the Oktyabrskoye, Beloyarsk and Beryozovo regions of the Khanty-Mansi autonomous district (okrug) and the Shuryshkary and Priuralsk regions of the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district.
If we compare the funerals of the Northern Khants with those in neighbouring regions, we can say that the funerals by the Khants who bury their dead in the ground in a coffin are most similar to those of the Northern Mansi and the Eastern Khants.
The Nenets also bury their dead in gravehouses on the ground and place skis and reindeer sledges by them.
folklore.ee /folklore/vol7/khants.htm   (2159 words)

  
 Mansi
Mansi (self-name - man) is a people in Western Siberia, the indigenous population of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug.
Originally, The Mansi were distributed in the southern Urals and its western slopes, in the Cis-Kama Region, Cis-Pechora Region, along the tributaries of the Kama and Pechora rivers (Vishera, Kolva, etc.), in Tavda and Tura, but due to the colonization of this area by the Komi and Russians, they migrated to the Trans-Ural Region.
According to the Mansi beliefs, all the worlds are populated by spirits, each of whom has a special function to fulfill.
www.raipon.org /Web_Database/mansi.html   (2159 words)

  
 Federal District
Kurgan Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Republic of Altay, Republic of Buryatia, Republic of Tyva, Republic of Khakassia, Altay Territory, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Irkutsk Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast, Omsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Chita Oblast, Aga Buryat Autonomous Okrug, the Taymyr (Dolgan-Nenets) Autonomous Okrug, the Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug, the Evenki Autonomous Okrug
Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Maritime Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, Amur Oblast, Kamchatka Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, the Koryak Autonomous Okrug, the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
www.nupi.no /russland/regional/federal_districts_composition.htm   (204 words)

  
 Federal District
Kurgan Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Republic of Altay, Republic of Buryatia, Republic of Tyva, Republic of Khakassia, Altay Territory, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Irkutsk Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast, Omsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Chita Oblast, Aga Buryat Autonomous Okrug, the Taymyr (Dolgan-Nenets) Autonomous Okrug, the Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug, the Evenki Autonomous Okrug
Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Maritime Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, Amur Oblast, Kamchatka Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, the Koryak Autonomous Okrug, the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
www.nupi.no /russland/regional/federal_districts_composition.htm   (204 words)

  
 Federal District
Kurgan Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Republic of Altay, Republic of Buryatia, Republic of Tyva, Republic of Khakassia, Altay Territory, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Irkutsk Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast, Omsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Chita Oblast, Aga Buryat Autonomous Okrug, the Taymyr (Dolgan-Nenets) Autonomous Okrug, the Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug, the Evenki Autonomous Okrug
Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Maritime Territory, Khabarovsk Territory, Amur Oblast, Kamchatka Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, the Koryak Autonomous Okrug, the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
www.nupi.no /russland/regional/federal_districts_composition.htm   (204 words)

  
 Local Government Contacts
Kurgan Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Altai Republic, Buryat Republic, Tuva Republic, Khakass Republic, Altai Krai, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Irkutsk Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast, Omsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Chita Oblast, Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug, Taimyr (Dolgano-Nenets) Autonomous Okrug, Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug, Evenki Autonomous Okrug.
Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Primorsky Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Amur Oblast, Kamchatka Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Koryak Autonomous Oblast, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
www.amcham.ru /amcham-v14/page.php?pageid=105033661100469   (691 words)

  
 Local Government Contacts
Kurgan Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Altai Republic, Buryat Republic, Tuva Republic, Khakass Republic, Altai Krai, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Irkutsk Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast, Omsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Chita Oblast, Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug, Taimyr (Dolgano-Nenets) Autonomous Okrug, Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug, Evenki Autonomous Okrug.
Belgorod Oblast, Bryansk Oblast, Vladimir Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, Ivanovo Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Moscow Oblast, Orel Oblast, Ryazan Oblast, Smolensk Oblast, Tambov Oblast, Tver Oblast, Tula Oblast, Yaroslavl Oblast, Moscow.
www.amcham.ru /amcham-v14/page.php?pageid=105033661100469   (691 words)

  
 ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia: R-244
[Archival Division (Okrug State Archive) of the Administration for Archival Affairs of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug]
[State Archive of Khanty-Mansi National Okrug of the Tiumen Oblast Executive Committee]
[State Archive of Ostiako-Vogulskii National Okrug of Omsk Oblast Archival Administration (after 1939—Archival Division) of UNKVD of Omsk Oblast]
www.iisg.nl /~abb/ao/R-244.html   (214 words)

  
 Yamal Peninsula, Northwest Siberia
Just to the south of Yamal in the Khanty-Mansi autonomous region, an earlier petroleum development had had a similar devastating impact on the Nenets and Khanty people living in that area.
While giving little attention to the needs of the Nenets, Khanty, and other indigenous peoples, the Yamal-Nenets Okrug administration did demand from regional and central government authorities compensation for the steadily expanding land utilized by the oil and gas ministries for railroad and pipeline construction.
If this turns out to be the case, Nenets and Khanty will continue to live under conditions of increasing turmoil and social depravation, while the natural resources from their land provide new wealth to those holding the reins of power.
arcticcircle.uconn.edu /SEEJ/Yamal/intro.html   (2016 words)

  
 Khanty
The Khanty is the people of Western Siberia living in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomus Okrug (11.9 thousand.
The Khanty is one of the few indigenous minorities of Siberia with an autonomy in the form of the autonomous okrug.
The older Khanty people have retained numerous beliefs and cults (Fig.
www.raipon.org /Web_Database/khant.html   (2016 words)

  
 Belly of the Beast
Sitting atop one of the largest petroleum reserves in the world, much of the Khanty homeland — principally the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — has greatly suffered the ill effects of oil extraction.
Such is his life within the belly of the beast.
Not only does his livelihood depend on his neighbors’ wads of rubles but he occasionally eats at their dining hall a few kilometers down the road and he regularly catches a ride into Surgut on the company bus.
www.aliciapatterson.org /APF2003/Warren/Warren.html   (1190 words)

  
 Opportunity in Nizhnevartovsk
Pischevic was founded by the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Administration, the Nizhnevartovsk City and Regional Administrations, a number of local large industrial enterprises including oil/gas companies, and Western Siberian commerical bank.
Yury I. Timoshkev Head of Government 24 Tayozhnaya Street Nizhnevartovsk Tyumen Region Khanty-Mansi Russian Federation Tel: (3466) 24-25-50
Nizhnevartovsk is a fast growing region with consumer dollars to spend and pollution serious enough so that drinking water is a problem.
www.friends-partners.org /oldfriends/economics/nis.fis.bus.docs/nizhnevartovsk.opport.html   (287 words)

  
 Union of Councils for Soviet Jews: Bigotry Monitor: Volume 4, Number 25
The same combination took place in Penza, in a case involving two attackers of a Pakistani, and in a skinhead case in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, in which the Bureau points out that one of the skinheads, "who terrorized non-Russians," received a "serious sentence" of nine years and six months on other charges.
Muslim leaders in Kostroma are accusing the local diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church of being behind a campaign to block the construction of a mosque in the city, according to Andrey Osherov, a participant in a European Commission-funded project to monitor xenophobia in Russia, of which UCSJ is a participating member.
Letters from "outraged citizens" have reportedly been sent to the local authorities protesting the construction of the Nursi mosque, proposed for a location in the center of town.
www.fsumonitor.com /stories/071604Bigotry.shtml   (2907 words)

  
 Chukchi Autonomous Okrug --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
people inhabiting the northeasternmost part of Siberia, the Chukchi autonomous okrug (district) in Russia.
1930 for Khanty (Ostyak) and Mansi (Vogul) peoples; present population mostly Russian settlers; covered by swamps and marshes; discovery from 1960s of large petroleum and natural gas resources brought industry and population to district; pop.
The reindeer Chukchi inhabit the interior of the easternmost portion of the okrug, the Chukchi Peninsula, and its Siberian hinterland; the...
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9319661   (768 words)

  
 EIM MEDIA REPORT FROM THE CIS / RUSSIAN MEDIA BULLETIN / No. 1(25), January 2003
The seminar and contest are held by the Tobolsk and Tyumen Eparchy in co-operation with administrations of the Tyumen oblast and the Yamal-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi autonomous okrug with the support from the administration of the presidential envoy to the Urals Federal District.
Vologda oblast governor Vyacheslav Pozgalyov said on 23 January that "access to the programmes of state broadcasting should be ensured for each resident of the Vologda oblast." A meeting held by the governor was devoted to the development of the existing wire broadcasting network and to possible ways for the development of the air broadcasting.
The Omsk oblast Court of Arbitration refused to consider a lawsuit filed by the oblast justice department involving the local branch of the Media Union.
www.internews.ru /eim/january2003/rue_bulletin.html   (768 words)

  
 Search Results for Tyumen' - Encyclopædia Britannica
city and administrative centre of Khanty-Mansi autonomous okrug (district), a part of Tyumen oblast (province), Russia, in the West Siberian Plain.
River, north-central Kazakhstan and the Tyumen and Omsk provinces of...
river in Kazakstan and Tyumen and Omsk oblasti (provinces) of south-central Russia.
www.britannica.com /search?query=Tyumen'&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT   (330 words)

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