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Only on the territory of Russia 65 small peoples live, and the number of some of them does not exceed a thousand people. There are hundreds of similar peoples on Earth, and each carefully preserves its customs, language and culture.

In our top ten are represented the smallest peoples of the world.

10. Ginuhtsy

This small people lives in the territory of Dagestan, and its number is only 443 people according to the end of 2010. For a long time, the Ginuhites were not singled out as a separate ethnos, since the Ginuh language was considered only one of the dialects of the Cesian language widely spread in Dagestan.

9. Selkups

Until the 1930s, representatives of this West Siberian people were called Ostyak-Samoyeds. The number of Selkups is just over 4 thousand people. They live mainly in the Tyumen, Tomsk regions, as well as the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

8. Nganasans

This people lives on the Taimyr Peninsula, and its number is about 800 people. Nganasans are the northernmost people in Eurasia. Until the middle of the 20th century, people led a nomadic way of life, driving herds of deer to great distances, today the Nganasans live settled.

7. Orochons

The place of residence of this small ethnic group is China and Mongolia. The number of people is about 7 thousand people. The history of the people dates back more than a thousand years; the Orochons are mentioned in many documents relating to the early Chinese imperial dynasties.

6. Evenks

This indigenous people of Russia lives in Eastern Siberia. This people - the largest in our ten - its number is sufficient to inhabit a small town. Evenk in the world about 35 thousand people.

5. Kets

Kets live in the north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The population of this people is less than 1,500 people. Until the middle of the 20th century, representatives of the ethnic group were called Ostyaks, as well as the Yenisei. The Ket language is a group of Yenisei languages.

4. Chulymts

The number of this indigenous people of Russia is 355 as of 2010. Despite the fact that most of the Chulym people recognize Orthodoxy, the ethnic group carefully preserves some traditions of shamanism. Chulyms live mainly in the Tomsk region. Interestingly, the Chulym language does not have a written language.

3. Basins

The number of this people living in Primorye is only 276 people. The pelvic language is a mixture of one of the Chinese dialects with the Nanai language. Now this language is spoken by less than half of those who consider themselves to be pots.

2. Lives

This extremely small nation lives in the territory of Latvia. From time immemorial, the main occupations of the Livs were piracy, fishing and hunting. Today, people are almost completely assimilated. According to official data from the Livs, only 180 people remained.

1. Pitcairns

This people is the smallest in the world and lives on the small island of Pitcairn in Oceania. The number of Pitcairns is about 60 people. All of them are descendants of the sailors of the British Bounty warship, which landed here in 1790. The Pitcairn language is a mixture of simplified English, Tahitian, and marine vocabulary.

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