Today, 40 indigenous peoples are officially recognised by Russia as indigenous small-numbered peoples and are listed in the Unified Register of the Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples. This register includes 46 indigenous peoples. Six of these peoples do not live in either the Extreme North or territories equated to it, so that the total number of recognised indigenous peoples of the North is 40. The
Komi-Izhemtsy or Izvatas, a subgroup of the
Komi peoples, are seeking recognition from the Russian government as a distinct indigenous people of the North. The Far North is the part of
Russia which lies mainly beyond the
Arctic Circle. However, this is the smaller part of the total territories inhabited by indigenous peoples. These territories extend southward as far as to
Vladivostok. Approximately 261,763 people are altogether part of this classification. ==List of indigenous peoples of the North==