The Teleuts, a small indigenous Siberian ethnic group. Photo: A. Akaganchakova, the oldest resident of Shanda village in the Kemerovo Region.10.04.1992#8152930
Residents of the Nanai village of Achan in the Amursky District of the Khabarovsk Territory make all kinds of fancy souvenirs, including this Bird of Happiness.10.09.1990#8303746
Almost every household of the Nanai village of Achan in the Amursky District of the Khabarovsk Territory keeps poultry, including geese, ducks or chickens.10.09.1990#8303745
Young residents of the Nanai village of Achan in the Amursky District of the Khabarovsk Territory.10.09.1990#8303744
Young residents of the Nanai village of Achan in the Amursky District of the Khabarovsk Territory learn to play a traditional Nanai musical instrument.10.09.1990#8303738
A meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990. Chum, traditional Yakut home.01.09.1990#8215919
Traditional Yakut food at the meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215918
A concert in the Vladivostok port held as part of the meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215917
A participant of the meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215916
Classes in the folklore center held as part of the meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215262
Pillow fight at the meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215261
A meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215258
A Koryak-Evenki band from Kamchatka is seen at the meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215257
A meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215256
The club of Mezen wooden painting at the meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215926
The village of Posad, Onezhsky District, Arkhangelsk Region. The indigenous population of the village is Northern (Onega) Vepsians. Tourists are excited to buy goods from local craft-women.05.07.1990#8289326
A woman from the village of Posad, Onezhsky District, Arkhangelsk Region. The indigenous population of the village is Northern (Onega) Vepsians. Folk traditions and secrets of local crafts, such as hand weaving, are carefully preserved and passed down from generation to generation.05.07.1990#8289324
The Ukrainian SSR. Lyudmila Kats and her daughter Yulia, members of the Krymchak Jewish-Turkic ethnic group preaching Judaism, live in Yevpatoriya. Several hundred Krymchaks live in Yevpatoriya.01.07.1990#8433195
Dr. V. Ruchin speaks at the 1st Congress of Small Indigenous Northern, Siberian and Far Eastern Ethnic Groups (March 30-31, 1990) in the Grand Kremlin Palace.30.03.1990#8430622
The First Congress of Small Indigenous Northern, Siberian and Far Eastern Ethnic Groups (March 30-31, 1990). Photo: Delegates on Red Square.30.03.1990#6671265
The Festival 100 Masters from 100 Cities in Izmailovo Park of Culture and Leisure. Photo: Anna Tyumentseva from the Kamchatka Territory makes Koryak ethnic suits using traditional materials, including processed reindeer hides and fur. The Koryaks are an indigenous ethnic group living in the Kamchatka Territory.02.06.1989#8135661
The Yakutian ASSR. Launching the Yakutian national summer festival Ysyakh in the Suntarsky District.21.07.1986#8394967
The Khabarovsk Territory in Russia's Far East. Members of the small indigenous Udeghe ethnic group once lived in these wigwams.07.09.1982#6714646
The Khabarovsk Territory in Russia's Far East. A member of the small indigenous Udeghe ethnic group plays the Dzulanku, a national string musical instrument.07.09.1982#6714641
Young women from Naikhin village of the Nanai ethnic group on the right bank of the Amur River in the Khabarovsk Territory.16.07.1982#8318516
The Yakut SSR. Nine-year-old Gherman, the son of Evenk writer Andrei Krivoshapkin, spends his summer holidays with a reindeer-breeding team in the Verkhoyansk mountain range.01.07.1981#8514715
Members of the Severnoye Siyaniye (Northern Lights) amateur song and dance group, students of the Department of Peoples of the North of Herzen Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute (now Herzen Russian State Pedagogical Institute).11.07.1977#6509655
Members of the Severnoye Siyaniye (Northern Lights) amateur song and dance group, students of the Department of Peoples of the North of Herzen Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute (now Herzen Russian State Pedagogical Institute). Foreground: member of the dance group Olga Valdyu.11.07.1977#6509653
Reindeer breeder Borma Tyngeyev from the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union collective farm in the Koryak Autonomous Area.21.01.1974#5546272
A boarding school in Ekonda town in the Evenk District of the Krasnoyarsk territory. Photo: Third-grade student Lyuba Yeldogir at a mathematics lesson. Right: Primary school teacher Galina Guskova.01.03.1962#8403527
