The expedition of the Russian Academy of Sciences "Pure Arctic – Vostok – 77" published books in Nanai, Dolgan, Sami and Tofalar languages in a move to preserve the culture of the indigenous peoples of the North.
The Expedition for Books is engaged in the search and publication of book collections in the languages of the indigenous peoples of the North. During the six months of the expedition, more than 50 texts for publication were found, and four books have already been published in large editions as per requirements," said Dmitry Belov, acting head of the expedition.
Literature in Nanai, Dolgan, Sami and Tofalar dialects will be added to the Moscow Arctic Library No. 77, where Russia's first scientific department of publications in rare languages operates.
The Clean Arctic – Vostok –77 is the largest in terms of the number of participants among continental high–latitude scientific expeditions in the entire history of research in the North. One of its many tasks is the study and preservation of rare Northern languages, ttelegraf.ru reports.
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