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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Vallikivi, Laur, author.

Title: Words and silences : Nenets reindeer herders and Russian evangelical missionaries in the post-Soviet arctic / Laur Vallikivi.

Other titles: Nenets reindeer herders and Russian evangelical missionaries in the post-Soviet arctic

Identifiers: LCCN 2023054884 (print) | LCCN 2023054885 (ebook) | ISBN 9780253068750 (hardback) | ISBN 9780253068767 (paperback) | ISBN 9780253068774 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Nentsy—Russia, Northern—Social life and customs. | Nentsy—Missions—Russia, Northern. | Nentsy—Russia, Northern—Religion. | Reindeer herders—Russia, Northern. | Russia, Northern—Social life and customs. | BISAC: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social | PHILOSOPHY / Language

Classification: LCC DK34.N4 V36 2024 (print) | LCC DK34.N4 (ebook) | DDC

305.894/40471—dc23/eng/20240116

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