In which country are the Samoyedic people, shown in the picture, located?

The Samoyedic people are indigenous people living in the tundra belt of Russia along the coast of the Barents and Kara Seas, extending from the White Sea on the west to the Taymyr Peninsula on the east. The southern limit of their territory extends to the forest-tundra belt to the forest area of the Sayan Mountain. They also occupy the Arctic Islands of Kolguev Vaygach and Novaya Zemlya.

The Samoyed are internally divided into five major groups: the Nenets (Yurak), Enets (Yenisey), Nganasan (Tavgi), Selkup (Ostyak), and Kamas. Each of these sub-groups is associated with particular regions of Samoyed territory which also shaped its major subsistence type. The Ngansan, for example, lived in the Tundra region and were traditionally referred as “Tundra Samoyeds.” Likewise, the Selkup and the Kamas represented what were traditionally referred as “Forest” and “Mountain” Samoyeds, respectively. The remaining two groups (i.e., the Nenets and the Enets) constituted both “Tundra” and “Forest” dwelling groups as their traditional homeland extended throughout the eastern, western and central regions of the Samoyed territory.

The largest of the Samoyedic peoples are the Nenets, who mainly live in two autonomous districts of Russia: Yamalo-Nenetsia and Nenetsia. Some of the Nenets and most of the Enets and Nganasans used to live in the Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District. Most of the Selkups live in Yamalo-Nenetsia, but there is also a significant population in Tomsk Oblast.