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Dolgans
Dolgans are a Turkic people in Russia, the native population of Taymyr. In 2000, they were given the status of native small-numbered people.
Language
The Dolgan language belongs to the Turkic group of the Altai language family. It is close to the Yakut language, from which it was separated in the process of isolated development. It was influenced by the Evenki language.
Dispersion
The Dolgans live on Taymyr, in the Krasnoyarsk territory, mostly in the Khatanga district and on the territory subject to the Dudinsk municipal council. They also live in Yakutia (the Anabar district and the city of Yakutsk).
Traditional occupations
Reindeer breeding and hunting, in some regions fishing.
Dwellings
The dwellings of the Dolgans are varied: the Russian izba, the Yakut balagan, the Tungus chum, golomo. The reindeer breeding Dolgans use as a mobile dwelling a sled-based chum-balok, a frame-based dwelling covered by reindeer skins and put onto a reindeer sled.
Food
The basis of the traditional diet is the reindeer meat, raw, frozen and cooked. Fish is eaten raw and slightly salted, or frozen (in slices), as well as cooked and fried. They make soup from poultry or reindeer meat, adding flour or grits. They also eat onions, roots of some plants, berries, scones and flapjacks.
