WebNivkh were traditionally fishermen, hunters, and dog breeders.They were semi-nomadic, living near the coasts in the summer and wintering inland along streams and rivers to catch salmon.The land the Nivkh inhabit is characterized as taiga forest with cold snow-laden winters and mild summers with sparse tree cover. The Nivkh are believed to be the …

WebIn video games, Elden Ring wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards. American basketball player Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout (pictured) are freed via a prisoner exchange.; In Germany, 25 members of a far-right group are arrested in connection with a coup d'état plot.; Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are …

WebThe Ingush (/ ˈ ɪ ŋ ɡ ʊ ʃ /, Ingush: ГIалгIай, romanized: Ghalghaj, pronounced [ˈʁəlʁɑj]) are, per Oxford dictionary, "member[s] of a people living mainly in Ingushetia in the central Caucasus." Ingushetia is a federal republic of Russian Federation.The Ingush are predominantly Sunni Muslims and speak the Ingush language. According to 19th-century …

WebDungan is a term used in territories of the former Soviet Union to refer to a group of Muslim people of Hui origin. Turkic-speaking peoples in Xinjiang Province in Northwestern China also sometimes refer to Hui Muslims as Dungans. In both China and the former Soviet republics where they reside, however, members of this ethnic group call themselves Hui …

WebModern paganism, also known as contemporary paganism and neopaganism, is a term for a religion or family of religions influenced by the various historical pre-Christian beliefs of pre-modern peoples in Europe and adjacent areas of North Africa and the Near East. Although they share similarities, contemporary pagan movements are diverse, and do not share a …

WebThe Sabirs (Savirs, Suars, Sawar, Sawirk among others; Greek: Σάβιροι) were nomadic people who lived in the north of the Caucasus beginning in the late-5th -7th century, on the eastern shores of the Black Sea, in the Kuban area, and possibly came from Western Siberia. They were skilled in warfare, used siege machinery, had a large army (including …

WebThe Yugurs, Yughurs, Yugu (Chinese: 裕固族; pinyin: Yùgùzú; Western Yugur: Sarïg Yogïr; Eastern Yugur: Šera Yogor), traditionally known as Yellow Uyghurs, are a Turko-Mongolic ethnic group and one of China's 56 officially recognized ethnic groups, consisting of 16,719 persons according to the 2000 census. The Yugur live primarily in Sunan Yugur …

WebWikipedia began as a related project for Nupedia.Nupedia was a free English-language online encyclopedia project. Nupedia's articles were written and owned by Bomis, Inc which was a web portal company. The important people of the company were Jimmy Wales, the person in charge of Bomis, and Larry Sanger, the editor-in-chief of Nupedia. Nupedia was …

WebGeography. The city is located in the Volga Upland region and stands on the shore of the Cheboksary Reservoir.Its area is 250.9 square kilometers (96.9 sq mi). The satellite city of Novocheboksarsk is located about 6 kilometers (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi) east of Cheboksary.. History. Cheboksary was first mentioned in written sources in 1469, but according to …

WebOf all the languages of Russia, Russian, the most widely spoken language, is the only official language at the national level.There are 35 languages which are considered official languages in various regions of Russia, along with Russian. There are over 100 minority languages spoken in Russia today. The new approved amendments to the Russian …

WebThis version of Wikipedia is written in English (see Main Page#Wikipedia languages).With this being said, this page is a place to list articles written in languages other than English on the English Wikipedia, to see if they can be translated before they are listed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion.If someone speaks the language the article is written in …

WebSpread. Non-Slavic alphabets are generally modelled after Russian, but often bear striking differences, particularly when adapted for Caucasian languages.The first few of these alphabets were developed by Orthodox missionaries for the Finnic and Turkic peoples of Idel-Ural (Mari, Udmurt, Mordva, Chuvash, and Kerashen Tatars) in the 1870s.Later, …

WebThe Tuvans (Tuvan: Тывалар, romanized: Tıvalar) are a Turkic ethnic group indigenous to Siberia who live in Russia (), Mongolia, and China.They speak Tuvan, a Siberian Turkic language. They are also regarded in Mongolia as one of the Uriankhai peoples.. Tuvans have historically been cattle-herding nomads, tending to herds of goats, sheep, camels, …

WebNotable people. Notable people bearing the name Kapoor include: . Academia. Anuradha Kapur, professor at National School of Drama; Deepak Kapur, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico.; Ilan Kapoor, professor of Critical Development Studies at York University.; Jagdish Chandra Kapur, Indian social …