List of larger indigenous peoples of Russia
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The list of larger indigenous peoples of Russia includes extant indigenous peoples in the territory of Russia which are not listed in the official List of small-numbered indigenous peoples of Russia.
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[edit] Titular nations
This sublist includes indigenous peoples of Russia which are titular nations, i.e., peoples who gave rise to the names of national entities: independent states or autonomous areas.
- Adyghe, titular for Adygea
- Altay people, titular for Altai Republic, Altai Krai
- Bashkirs, titular for Bashkortostan
- Balkars, Kabardino-Balkaria
- Belarusians, indigenous in Smolensk and Bryansk Oblasts (see Belarusians in Russia), titular for Belarus
- Buryat people, titular for Buryatia, Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug and Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug
- Chechens, Chechnya
- Chuvashs, Chuvashia
- Circassians, Karachay-Cherkessia
- Ingushs, Ingushetia
- Kabardins, Kabardino-Balkaria
- Kalmyks, Kalmykia
- Karachays, Karachay-Cherkessia
- Karelians, Karelia
- Khakas, Khakassia
- Komi peoples, Komi Republic
- Mordvin people, Mordovia
- Ossetians, North Ossetia (Russia), South Ossetia (Georgia)
- Russians, titular for Russia
- Mari people, titular for Mari El
- Tatars, titular for Tatarstan
- Tuvinians, titular for Tuva
- Udmurts, titular for Udmurtia
- Yakuts (self-designation: Sakha), titular for Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
[edit] Indigenous peoples of Dagestan
This small republic has a relatively large number of ethnic groups and languages. According to a 2000 decree of the government of Russian Federation[1], Dagestan was supposed to compile their own list of small-numbered indigenous peoples, to be included in the overall List of small-numbered indigenous peoples of Russia The peoples below do not fall under the criteria of the decree.
