The Arctic, northern Europe and Russia
Nganasan
Lands
Southern and central Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, including the villages of Ust-Avam, Volochanka and Novaya and the towns of Dudinka and Norilsk, Russia
Countries Russian Federation
Facts 3
Today
In August 2026, a state folk culture expedition in Taimyr met a knowledge keeper of Vadeyev Nganasan culture, who showed traditional dishes and how Nganasan cuisine differs from Dolgan.
As of 2026 Source: RAIPON (Association of Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East), Долганская юкола «кэрдиилээк» признана объектом нематериального наследия Таймыра (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Land
The Nganasan are the northernmost Indigenous people of Eurasia, living on the Taimyr Peninsula near the Arctic Ocean.
Source: Fenno-Ugria Foundation, Nganasans (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
Nganasan belongs to the Samoyedic branch of the Uralic-Yukaghir language family.
Source: RAIPON (Association of Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East), Нганасаны (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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