Dubrovskiy O.N. Protection of the ancestral habitat and the traditional lifestyle of indigenous people of Russia on the example of the Republic of Tuva

Abstract: The subject of this research is the issues of protection of the indigenous people (Tuvinians-Todzhinians), as well as their original habitat and traditional lifestyle. The author reviews the negative factors that affected their traditional lifestyle and the complex of measures aimed to protect their original habitat for the purpose of preservation of the traditional style of living, development of deer farming, husbandry, and production. The article examines the questions of cooperation between the self-governance authorities and the communities of the indigenous people residing on the territories of the constituents of the Russian Federation, on the example of Tuva Republic. The author’s contribution into the research of this topic consists in determination of the negative factors and causes of the “sorrowful” situation of the Tuvinians-Todzhinians in Tuva Republic, as well as in development of specific propositions aimed at protection of their ancestral habitat and preservation of the traditional lifestyle.

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