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| | Ethnic groups |
 | | The Nganasans are, despite their low number and demographic crisis, a cultural distinct and traditionally oriented group and have preserved their language and shamanistic practices. |
 | | Their wide-spread residence areas, in many places mingled with other native peoples (Yakuts, Chukchi, Koryaks, Yukagirs), were a hindrance for the establishment of a national, later autonomous, okrug. |
 | | The Commander Islands, likewise the Pribiloff Islands (Alaska), were uninhabited until the beginning of the 19th century, when the Russian-American Company, at that time being in charge of the trade development on the Aleutian Islands, enforced transmigration of Aleuts from other islands. |
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