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Siberia is often imagined as a cold, dark and barren land. A door to Siberia began to open gradually after the Perestroika-related change in the late 1980s. A foreign researcher can now gain entry to the remote areas and directly experience the traditional cultures of native peoples, and their ways of life.
Under the influence of the dominant culture of Russia, the younger generation could not maintain its mother tongue fluently, and most native people tend to shift their languages to Russian. Consequently the languages of the native people are endangered.
This homepage is set up by scholars who are conducting research in the Sakhalin Island and Siberian area. It provides primary materials gathered from their fieldwork. Our purpose is to promote a better understanding of native people who live in the Northern territory of the Siberia.
（Tokusu KUREBITO）
This site is supported by Information Resources Center(IRC), Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.
This homepage is set up by scholars who are conducting research in the Sakhalin Island and Siberian area. It provides primary materials gathered from their fieldwork. Our purpose is to promote a better understanding of native people who live in the Northern territory of the Siberia.
（Tokusu KUREBITO）
This site is supported by Information Resources Center(IRC), Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa.