Indigenous peoples of Siberia
Коренные народы Сибири | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 1.6–1.8 million 5% of the total Siberian population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Siberia | |
| Languages | |
| Russian (lingua franca) Indigenous Siberian language families: Ainu · Chukotko-Kamchatkan · Eskaleut · Mongolic · Nivkh · Tungusic · Turkic · Uralic · Yeniseian (Ket) · Yukaghir | |
| Religion | |
| Russian Orthodox Christianity · Sunni Islam · Tibetan Buddhism · Siberian shamanism (Tengrism · Mongolian · Turkic · Yupik) |
Siberia is a vast region spanning the northern part of the Asian continent and forming the Asiatic portion of Russia. As a result of the Russian conquest of Siberia (16th to 19th centuries) and of the subsequent population movements during the Soviet era (1917–1991), the modern-day demographics of Siberia is dominated by ethnic Russians (Siberiaks) and other Slavs. However, there remains a slowly increasing number of Indigenous groups, accounting for about 5% of the total Siberian population (about 1.6–1.8 million), some of which are closely genetically related to Indigenous peoples of the Americas.