Khanty

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Snow covered wooden houses in the Khanty village of Ovgort, Shuryshkarsky Region of the Yamal. NW Siberia, Russia
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Khanty women in traditional dress at a Spring festival in the village of Pitlyar. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Herders and their reindeer travelling across the tundra in Khanty Mansiysk, W. Siberia, Russia. 2000
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Sveta Pyak, a Khanty woman, with 'Ava,' her pet reindeer calf. She is wearing traditional Khanty winter reindeer skin clothing. Numto, Khanty Mansiysk, Northwest Siberia, Russia
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Sveta Pyak, a Khanty woman, leading one of her family's draught reindeer in the corral at their homestead near Numto. Khanty Mansiysk, Northwest Siberia, Russia
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Andrey Moldanov, a Khanty reindeer herder standing on his sled. Khanty Mansiysk, W.Siberia, Russia. 2000
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At a Khanty reindeer herder's winter camp, Rima Pyrseva (right) poses with her daughter, Katya and her granddaughter Angelina. Shuryshkarsky Region, Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia
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A Khanty woman, wearing traditional winter reindeer skin boots with an ornate design pattern. Numto, Khanty Mansiysk, Northwest Siberia, Russia
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3 year old Khanty girl, Angelina Ozelova playing outside at a Khanty reindeer herder's winter camp. Shuryshkarsky Region, Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia
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Outside a reindeer herders' winter tent, Katya Ozelova, a Khanty woman, feeds a pet reindeer. Ovgort, Shuryshkarsky Region, Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia
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3 year old Khanty girl, Angelina Ozelova, playing outside with a pet reindeer at a Khanty reindeer herder's winter camp. Shuryshkarsky Region, Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia
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At a Khanty reindeer herder's winter camp, Katya Ozelova poses with her daughter Angelina, and a young avka (pet reindeer). Shuryshkarsky Region, Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia
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Sveta Pyak, a Khanty woman, chopping up frozen fish to feed to her family's reindeer at their homestead near Numto. Khanty Mansiysk, Northwest Siberia, Russia
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A face carved into a larch tree. This is a traditional way that the Khanty mark routes through the forest. Shuryshkarsky Region, Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia
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Yemilian Kutyamov, a Khanty reindeer herder,together with his dogs. He is dressed in traditional reindeer skin clothing, outside his home in Ovgort. Shuryshkarsky Region, Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia
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Sveta Pyak with Ava, her pet reindeer calf, at a Forest Nenets homestead in the forest near Numto. Khanty Mansiysk, Northwest Siberia, Russia
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A Khanty woman's sewing basket (circa 1970) made by Agaphia Sardakova from the village of Variegar. It is made from birch bark and wood and decorated with a traditional Khanty design. Khanty Mansiysk, Siberia, Russia
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A Khanty man's thigh length winter boots. They are made from reindeer skin using a traditional design pattern. Numto. Khanty Mansiysk, Siberia, Russia
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A Khanty woman using a mobile phone in Nadym. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia
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Nadiya Semeisheva, a Khanty woman, climbs a ladder to enter a traditional wooden stilted storehouse. Numto, Khanty Mansiysk, Northwest Siberia, Russia
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Khanty women in traditional dress at a Spring festival in the village of Pitlyar. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Khanty men in a reindeer racing competition at a Spring festival in the village of Pitlyar. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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A Khanty woman travelling by reindeer sled at Sunset near Numto. Khanty Mansisyk, Siberia, Russia. 2000
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Marina Zatrueva, an elderly Khanty woman, sits with her cat inside her family's tent at a winter camp in the forest. Priuralsky District, Yamal, NW Siberia.
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Khanty women in traditional dress at a Spring festival in the village of Pitlyar. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Khanty women in traditional dress at a Spring festival in the village of Pitlyar. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Lyuba Moldanova, an elderly Khanty woman outside her home in the village of Numto. Khanty Mansiysk, Siberia, Russia
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Driving reindeer across tundra at sunset. Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia. 2000
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Feodosia Moldanova, a Khanty grandmother, dressed in her traditional reindeer skin winter clothes, at a homestead near Numto. Khanty Mansiysk, Northwest Siberia, Russia
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Ilya Roktimov, an elderly Khanty reindeer herder, from the village of Ovgort. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Kristina Neyva, a young Khanty woman, breast feeds her young son, Vadim, in her tent at a winter reindeer herders' camp. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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A Khanty reindeer herder near Numto in Khanty Mansiysk, W. Siberia, Russia. 2000
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two young Khanty women wearing traditional reindeer skin coats with fox fur collar & decorated with inlaid fur. The one on the right has extensive bead work decoration on the front and shoulders. Salekhard, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Irina Purgurchina (left) & her friend Vera, Khanty women, tie material round a sacred tree that protects her youngest son. The material sybolises her son's clothing. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
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Khanty women in traditional dress at a Spring festival in the village of Pitlyar. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Nadia Tayshen, a young Khanty girl, and her brother Filip watch TV in their parent's tent at their winter reindeer pastures. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Yevdokiya Tayshen, a Khanty woman, sewing a pair of reindeer skin boots inside her tent. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Nadia Tayshen, a young Khanty girl in traditional dress at a Spring festival in the village of Pitlyar. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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A Khanty woman in traditional dress at a Spring festival in the village of Pitlyar. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Yemilian Kutyamov, a Khanty reindeer herder,together with his dogs. He is dressed in traditional reindeer skin clothing, outside his home in Ovgort. Shuryshkarsky Region, Yamal, NW Siberia, Russia
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A horse & sled being used to transport firewood for the winter in the Khanty village of Yamgort on the Synya River. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Kristina Neyva, a Khanty woman, carrying water to her family's camp in Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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A Khanty reindeer herders' camp on the bank of the Bolshaia Paipudyna River. Polar Ural Mountains, Yamal, West Siberia, Russia
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Dark clouds gather behind a reindeer herder's tent as a Khanty woman hangs up her washing to dry at a camp in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
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Khanty reindeer herder, Andrei Kondigen, holds an arctic hare that his dog caught. Polar Ural Mountains, Yamal, W.Siberia, Russia
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Kristina Neyva, a young Khanty woman, in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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A rainbow over a Khanty reindeer herders' camp in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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On a rainy evening, Khanty herders begin their autumn migration south through the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
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Syazi Proscovia, an elderly Khanty woman from Kharp. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.
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Kristina Neyva, a young Khanty woman, in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Piotr Tayshen, a Khanty boy, hangs reindeer meat up to dry at a herders' camp in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, W. Siberia, Russia.
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A shopping bag with a traditional Khanty design in red felt on it. Numto, Khanty Mansiysk, Northwest Siberia, Russia
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Kristina Neyva, a Khanty woman, sewing in her tent with her baby son, Kleb, by her side in a cradle. Polar Ural Mountains, Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia
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Kristina Neyva, a Khanty woman, leading two reindeer calves at their summer pastures in the Polar Ural Mountains. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Irina & Vera Purgurchina, two Khanty women, chat while softening pieces of reindeer skin inside a log cabin on the bank of the Synya River. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Vassilly Longortov, an elderly Khanty man, out fishing in his boat on the Synya River. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Vassilly Longortov, an elderly Khanty man, checks his fishing net for northern white fish on the Synya River. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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A Khanty family travelling to their winter camp on the Synya River. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Two Khanty women cooking outside in the autumn at a camp on the Synya River. Behind them is a wooden store. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Vera & Irina Purgurchina, two Khanty women, sawing firewood outside their home on the bank of the Synya River. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Maria Longortova, an elderly Khanty woman, at the window of her log cabin on the bank of the Synya River. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Lidiya Tokhma a Khanty woman, cleaning a catch of Broad Whitefish at a camp on the River Ob. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Vera & Irina Purgurchina, two Khanty women, making hay at their home on the bank of the Synya River. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Lidiya Tokhma & her daughter Yulia, Khanty women, sort a catch of Broad Whitefish at a camp on the River Ob. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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In a hut at a fishing camp on the River Ob, Yelena, a Khanty woman, plaits her daughter's hair. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Arkhip Tokhma, A Khanty fisherman setting a fishing net from his Budarka (boat) on the River Ob. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Alona Tokhma, a young Khanty girl, collecting water at a fishing camp on the river Ob near Aksarka. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Oksana Tokhma, a young Khanty woman, wearing a red tradional dress outside her family's hut at a fishing camp near Aksarka on the River Ob. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Oksana Tokhma, a young Khanty woman, walks along a wooden jetty to her family's budarka (boat) at a fishing camp near Aksarka on the River Ob. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Arkhip Tokhma, A Khanty fisherman, outfishing in his Budarka (boat) with his wife & grandson on the River Ob. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Lidiya Tokhma, a Khanty woman, collecting water with her grandaughter, Alona, at a fishing camp on the river Ob near Aksarka. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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Budarkas (boats) at a Khanty fishing camp on the River Ob at dusk near Aksarka. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia
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