This is a list of extinct indigenous peoples of Russia. The list does not include ancient or classical historical tribes in the period of 4000 BC to 500 AD. The list includes tribes of Russia from 500 AD to 1519 AD, also including endangered groups for comparison that are nearing extinction, facing an
extinction vortex (500 members or less by the 2002
Census).
A general map of
Russian territory prior to
Slavic colonization.
Kamasins extinction reported in 1989. According to the 2010 Census, population of 2.[3] Almost all of the Kamasins had assimilated with the Russian peasantry by the early 20th century.
Sirenik language extinction in 1997. This ethnic group, the
Sirenik Eskimos, is no longer enumerated in the census and members and, if surviving, might have changed their identity into another related and larger ethnic group such as
Yupik or something completely different.[citation needed]