 Kets | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 1,100 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Krasnoyarsk Krai (Russia) | |
| Russia | 1,088 (2021)[1] |
| Ukraine | 37 (2001)[2] |
| Languages | |
| Ket, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Russian Orthodoxy, Animism, Shamanism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Yughs | |
 | |
  Shown within Russia | |
| Location | Most Ket live on the middle Yenisei River and tributaries, including a group in the community of Kellog. |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 62°29′N 86°16′E / 62.483°N 86.267°E |
Kets (Russian: кеты; Ket: кето, кет, денг) are a Yeniseian-speaking people in Siberia. During the Russian Empire, they were known as Ostyaks, without differentiating them from several other Siberian people. Later, they became known as Yenisei Ostyaks because they lived in the middle and lower basin of the Yenisei River in the Krasnoyarsk Krai district of Russia.[3] The modern Kets lived along the eastern middle stretch of the river before being assimilated politically into Russia between the 17th and 19th centuries. According to the 2010 census, there were 1,220 Kets in Russia.[1] According to the 2021 census, this number had declined to 1,088.
- ^ a b Vajda, Edward G. "The Ket and Other Yeniseian Peoples". Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2007.
- ^ Ukrcensus.gov.uaArchived 2018-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ket: Bibliographical guide". Institute of Linguistics (Russian Academy of Sciences) & Kazuto Matsumura (Univ. of Tokyo). Retrieved 20 October 2006.