Kamasins

Kamasins (Камасинцы (also Камашинцы) in Russian; self designation: калмажи, or kalmazhi) were a tribe of Samoyedic people in the Sayan Mountains numbering approximately 500 persons, who lived along the Kan River and Mana River in the 17th century (southern part of today's Krasnoyarsk Krai). In the 18th - 19th century, there were two groups of the Kamasins: the Taiga Kamasins, engaged in hunting, reindeer breeding and fishing, and Steppe Kamasins, engaged in cattle breeding, horse breeding, farming, and hunting. Almost all of the Kamasins had assimilated with the Russian peasantry by the early 20th century.

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Finno-Ugric peoples

Baltic Finns	Estonians Setos Võros Oeselians Finns Forest Finns Ingrian Finns Kvens Tornedalians Izhorians Karelians Tver Karelians Livonians † Vepsians Votes Kreevins † Chudes †

Sami peoples	Sami Inari Sami Skolt Sami

Volga Finns	Mari Mordvins Erzyas Mokshas Merya † Meshchera † Muroma †

Permians	Komi Komi-Permyaks Great Perm Udmurts Besermans

Ugric peoples	Hungarians Csangos Székelys Khanty Mansi

Samoyedic peoples

Northern Samoyeds	Enets Nenets Nganasans Yurats †

Southern Samoyeds	Selkups Kamasins † Mators †

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