Sámi of Russia

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Finno-Ugric people Indigenous people ethnic minority in Russia

The Sámi of Russia are an Indigenous Finno-Ugric people traditionally inhabiting the Kola Peninsula in the Russian Arctic, known for their reindeer herding, fishing, and distinct cultural and linguistic heritage.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ter Sámi people	5
Akkala Sami people	1
Kildin Sámi people	1
Russian Sami	1
Sámi in Russia	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Finno-Ugric people ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ ethnic minority in Russia ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
crossBorderPeople	Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalHeritage	Arctic subsistence practices ⓘ reindeer-based nomadic culture ⓘ yoik singing tradition ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Russian Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ
facingIssue	environmental impacts from mining ⓘ industrial development pressure ⓘ language endangerment ⓘ loss of traditional lands ⓘ
geographicEnvironment	Arctic coastline ⓘ forest-tundra ⓘ tundra ⓘ
hasOrganization	Council of Representatives of the Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the North under the Government of Murmansk Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Kola Sámi Association NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalProcess	Russification NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet collectivization ⓘ sedentarization policies ⓘ
languageFamily	Finno-Ugric languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Uralic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatusInRussia	Indigenous small-numbered people ⓘ
partOf	Sápmi NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalParticipation	Barents Regional Sámi Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationCharacteristic	small population size ⓘ
recognizedAs	Indigenous small-numbered people of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Sámi of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ Sámi of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Sámi of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ Russian Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ Sámi indigenous religion ⓘ
traditionalCraft	duodji ⓘ
traditionalEconomicActivity	fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ handicrafts ⓘ hunting ⓘ reindeer herding ⓘ
traditionalLanguage	Akkala Sámi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kildin Sámi language ⓘ Skolt Sámi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ter Sámi language NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalLanguageStatus	severely endangered ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Kola Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Murmansk Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sami flag → associatedWith → Sámi of Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Sami

Tersky Coast of the White Sea → culturalRegionFor → Sámi of Russia ⓘ