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Kets are the descendants of the tribes of fishermen and hunters of the Yenisey Taiga , who adopted some cultural ways of Ket-speaking tribes of South Siberia. Kets were included into the Russian state in the 17th Century . They were engaged in hunting, fishing, and even reindeer breeding up north. They were officially recognized as Kets in 1930 s, when the Soviet Union started to implement the self-definition policy with respect to Indigenous People s. According to the 2002 Census , there were 1494 Kets in Russia (1200 in 1970 ). The Ket Language they speak is a Language Isolate . ''Ket'' means "man" (plural ''deng'' "men, people"). The Kets of the Kas, Sym and Dubches rivers use ''jugun'' as a self-designation. In 1926, there were 1,428 Kets, of which 1225 (85.8%) were native speakers of the Ket language. The 1989 census counted 1,113 ethnic Kets with only 537 (48.3%) native speakers left. Anthropoligically, the Kets have Mongoloid and Uralic features. The colour of their skin and eyes is lighter than in Mongolians, but darker than in Uralic peoples. Their stature is comparatively short and stout. In 1843, A. Th. von Middendorff gave the description "the Kets are plump with thin legs and a staggering walk, flitting eyes and a jerky talk. In spite of their Mongolian features they look quite alike the Finns". REFERENCES
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