Language rights and education of the small numbered indigenous peoples of the European North of Russia: from the Soviet period to modern time

The article examines the experience of Russian constituent entities (Murmansk region, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Archangelsk Oblast) in support indigenous ethnocultural rights context current models for protection minority languages and initiatives field education. contemporary scene interaction between state minorities region is considered from a historical perspective. Special attention paid to early decades Soviet regime when key discussions concerning status, way integration with direction cultural development were established. bases boarding schools, collectivization, forced relocations contributed construction social reality peoples which we can observe post-Soviet period. specificity modern transformation sphere language life reindeer herders are discussed everyday practices interethnic relations Pomors Kanin peninsula northern parts Mezen Region.