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The Enets Language is a Samoyedic language, formerly known as Yenisei Samoyedic (not to be confused with the Yeniseian language family, which is completely unrelated). They still speak their language, but education is in Russian so there is fear they may lose their language. The town of Potapovo was visited in the late 1990s by the British travel writer, Colin Thubron who found the Entsy deculturated and demoralized, beset with problems of Alcoholism . The Reindeer Collective established in Nikita Khrushchev 's day had been severely impacted by Acid Rain from the Nickel Smelter s at Norilsk . A Fur Farm which raises Fox was similarly diminished. About half the population was unemployed with a few employed in reindeer herding on the west side of the river, the remainder living by fishing in the Yenisei River. Fisherman from Potapovo sometimes catch Red Sturgeon and '' Omul '', a type of Salmon , as well as Char , Gang Fish and Northern Pike . Thubron mentions a salted fish product called '' Muksun '' (Muksun is a type of fish, like salmon, not a product. It is very delicious and one of the famous fishes in Ob and Yenisei rivers). Some social services continue to be provided by the Russian government, a small hospital, with a doctor and a few nurses; schools, although older children must attend in Dudinka to the north; and small Pension s. The electric plant had recently burned and electricity was provided intermittently by a generator. Life expectancy is 45 with many dying violent deaths due to family violence and fighting. FURTHER READING
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