T h e a n c i e n t H u m a n .
Siberian aborigines.
The most numerous peoples
Buryats (421
thousand)
The main ethnic area is located to the east and to the west
from the lake Baikal, the Sayn-Baikal front-mountions, the East Transbaikalia and to the
southeast outskirt of the Middle-Siberian plateau. The language concerns to the Altaic
group and is divided on few dialects differing in separate areas of Buryatiya. The
Mongolian and Russian languages are widespread also. The most Buryats (transbaikalian)
used till 1930 the old-mongolian literature, since 1931 they used the literature with the Latin bases, and since 1939 they
used the literature with the Russian alphabet bases. The main
kinds of economic activity were a nomadic cattle
breeding, a hunting, recently they have familiarized
with an agriculture. The various handicraft indastries are developed. The most ancient
craft was a smith craft. Faiths: Shamanism, Lamaism.Yakuts (350 thousand)
The self-name is Saha. They compose the main population of
the republic Yakutiya-Saha. They are settled also along the basins of the rivers Lena,
Aldan and Viluy, at the lowers of the river Olekma, rivers Olenek, Anabara, Yana,
Indigirka, Kolyma. They speak Yakutiyan language ( it concerns to the Altaic group). The traditional economic activity
includes a cattle breeding, a fishery, a hunting. The crafts
are advanced. The folklore - especially heroic legends about national heros (olonkho),
historical legends frequently reliable - is advanced. The
traditional faiths- Shamanism, trade and cattle
breeding cults - were saved.
Tuva
people (207 thousand)
It is the main population of the Tuva Repablic in Russia. Also lived in Mongolia (20
thousand). Speak Tuva language (Altaic group). Have the literature based on the Russian alphabet. The traditional economic activity includes a cattle
breeding, a hunting, a fishery.
The traditional faiths : Shamanism, Lamaism.
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