On example of Nenets life stories, this paper tells about the previous policy of the Soviet state towards its' indigenous people of the North.
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On example of Nenets life stories, this paper tells about the previous policy of the Soviet state towards its' indigenous people of the North. It tells how the Soviet colonial institutions like government bureaucracy, control of religion and traditional routs of migrations on the tundra made changes the life and culture of these people. In their stories Yamal Nenets tell how they succeed to include the main changes made by the state within their traditional life, and also how the state politics changed the Nenets customs and every day life on the tundra.