The following 40 peoples (as of 2000) are officially recognized as ''Indigenous Small Peoples of Russia''. They are included into the ''Единый перечень коренных малочисленных народов России'' (Common List of Indigenous Small Peoples of Russia) approved by the government of Russian Federation on March 24 , 2000 .
These peoples satisfy the following criteria:
- To live in their historical territory;
- To preserve traditional way of life, occupations, and trades;
- To self-recognize themselves as a separate ethnicity
- There should be at most 50,000 of population within Russia.
Some of them, such as Soyots , were recognized only after the Collapse Of The Soviet Union .
These peoples subject to benefits according to a number of laws aimed at preservation and support of these ethnicities.
Ten of these peoples count less than 1,000 and 11 of them live beyond the Arctic Circle .
- Aleuts (Алеуты) Kamchatka , Koryakia
- Alyutors (Алюторцы), Koryakia
- Chukchis (чукчи) Chukotka , Magadan Oblast , Koryakia
- Chuvans (чуванцы), Chukotka , Magadan Oblast
- Dolgans (долганы), Taymyria , Krasnoyarsk Krai , Sakha
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- Eskimo ( Yuit , Inuit ), Chukotka (эскимосы)
- Itel'mens (ительмены), Koryakia , Kamchatka , Magadan Oblast
- Kamchadal s (камчадалы, a general term for mixed population of Kamchatka ) Kamchatka , Koryakia
- Kereks (кереки), Chukotka
- Koryaks (коряки), Koryakia , Kamchatka , Chukotka , Magadan Oblast
- , Taymyria , Khantia-Mansia , Arkhangelsk Oblast , Komi
- Nganasans ( Tavgi ) (нганасаны), Taymyria , Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Sami (old Russian name Lopars, i.e., Lapp) (саамы, саамы), Murmansk Oblast
- Veps (---) (вепсы), Republic Of Karelia , Leningrad Oblast
- Yukaghir s (юкагиры), Sakha , Chukotka , Magadan Oblast
- Chulyms (чулымцы), Krasnoyarsk Krai
- , Evenkia , Krasnoyarsk Krai , Khabarovsk Krai , Amur Oblast , Sakhalin , Buryatia , Irkutsk Oblast , Chita Oblast , Tomsk Oblast , Tyumen Oblast
- , Khabarovsk Krai , Magadan Oblast , Chukotka , Koryakia , Kamchatka
- Kets (кеты), Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Khants ( Ostyaks , obsolete) (ханты)
- Mansi ( Vogul s, obsolete) (манси), Khantia-Mansia , Tyumen Oblast , Sverdlovsk Oblast , Komi
- Selkups ( Sel'kups ) (селькупы), Yamalia , Tyumen Oblast , Tomsk Oblast , Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Teleuts (телеуты), Kemerovo Oblast
- ) (нанайцы), Khabarovsk Krai , Primorsky Krai , Sakhalin
- Negidals (негидальцы), Khabarovsk Krai
- Nivkhs (нивхи), Khabarovsk Krai , Sakhalin
- Oroch s (Evenk tribe by the Oro river) (орочи), Khabarovsk Krai
- Oroks ( Oroquen , Ulta) (ороки, ульта), Sakhalin
- Tazs (тазы), Primorsky Krai
- Udege (удэгейцы), Primorsky Krai , Khabarovsk Krai
- Ulchs (--- Ul'chs ) (ульчи), Khabarovsk Krai
- Kumandins (кумандинцы) Altai Krai , Altai Republic , Kemerovo Oblast
- Chelkans (челканцы), Altai Republic ,
- Shorians (шорцы), Kemerovo Oblast , Khakassia , Altai Republic
- Soyots (сойоты), Buryatia
- Telengits (теленгиты), Altai Republic
- Tofalars (тофалары), Irkutsk Oblast
- Tubalars (тубалары), Altai Republic
- Tuvans-Todzhins (Tuvintses-Todjintses, тувинцы-тоджинцы), Tyva
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