#khakas

Ethnic Diversity in the Former Eastern Bloc, Part 2:

Selection of Women Representing Native Ethnic Groups from the Southern Caucasian Region, Central Asia, and Asian Russia

From left to right: Row 1: a) Kyrgyz b) Uzbek c) Abkhaz - Georgia Row 2: a) Turkmen b) South Ossetian - Georgia 3) Shughni Pamiri - Tajikistan Row 3: a) Shughni Pamiri - Tajikistan b) Kazakh c) Armenian Row 4: a) Kazakh b) Uyghur - Kazakhstan c) Georgian Row 5: a) Kyrgyz b) Sakha (Yakut) - Russia c) Tuvan - Russia Row 6: a) Telengit - Russia b) Buryat - Russia c) Buryat - Russia Row 7: a) Altai - Russia b) Nivkh - Russia c) Khakas - Russia Row 8: a) Altai - Russia b) Russian Cossack c) Chelkan - Russia

Source: "Les Origines de la Beauté" project by Natalia Ivanova

Old Church Slavonic: Батюшка (Batushka)

Old Saxon: Menhir

Gaulish: Eluveitie

Old Norse: Skáld

Te Reo Māori: Alien Weaponry

Samoan: Shepherds Reign

Khakas people, Siberia

I did an adoptable!! It’s a rather niche one bc very few people outside Russia and neighbouring countries know about native peoples of Siberia, butttttttt now you know that the Khakas people exist and manuls live there too