TASS, October 31. The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region plans to give to local residents almost 300 kits for construction and transportation of nomadic houses (chooms) by 2026, the regional government's press service told TASS.

Since March 2021, families living traditionally in the tundra, with the birth or adoption of a third child obtain the right to receive a kit of everything necessary for their own home - poles, choom covers of deer skin and canvas, a stove, and sleds.

"By now, the government has planned 132 kits for 2024, and 132 kits for 2025," the press service said. "Another 29 kits will be allocated from November to December of this year."

Since 2021, the authorities have given to young families 208 kits. Since the time the incentive was introduced, the number of kit suppliers has grown from 14 in 2021 to 29 in October, 2023. The region's seven municipalities have joined the program to provide kits of prefabricated chooms.

Indigenous peoples on Yamal

The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region's part is located beyond the Arctic Circle, and another part is on the Ural Ridge slope. The climate is cold, the region has perennially frozen grounds, the cold Kara Sea is nearby, and winters continue for up to eight months. About 49,000 representatives of the North's low-numbered indigenous peoples live on the Yamal - the Nenets, the Khanty, the Selkups, and 19,000 of them lead a traditional way of life.

The region offers extensive incentives for the indigenous peoples. Students receive nominal scholarships and accommodation compensations. Since 2012, the region gives satellite communication kits to nomadic families.