Maria Yakovlevna Barmich (russian: Мари́я Я́ковлевна Ба́рмич; born 1934) is a professor, researcher of the

Nenets language Nenets (in former work also Yurak) is a pair of closely related languages spoken in northern Russia by the Nenets people. They are often treated as being two dialects of the same language, but they are very different and mutual intelligibility ...

, and the first scientist among Nenets women. She was born in the Kaninskaya tundra of the Kanino-Timan region of the

Nenets Autonomous Okrug The Nenets Autonomous Okrug (russian: Не́нецкий автоно́мный о́круг; Nenets languages, Nenets: Ненёцие автономной ӈокрук, ''Nenjocije awtonomnoj ŋokruk'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal su ...

Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land ...

. She lives in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, and she works at the

Institute of the Peoples of the North The Institute of the Peoples of the North (russian: Институт Народов Севера) is a research and later educationary institute based in Saint Petersburg. Its objective is to examine topics related to the northern minorities in th ...

. For many years she has been teaching the Nenets language. She is the author of textbooks on the Nenets language, culture, and life. On December 9, 2016, in

Naryan-Mar Naryan-Mar (russian: Нарья́н-Мар; Nenets: Няръянa марˮ, ''Njarjana marꜧ'', literally "red town") is a sea and river port town and the administrative center of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The town is situated on the r ...

, she was a judge for the competition "Vadava Letrakhava," which means "Let's save our native language."Выбор НАО: Ненецкий выучить сложно, но нужно Архивная копия от 20 декабря 2016 на Wayback Machine

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1934 births Nenets people Nenets-language writers Living people 20th-century women 21st-century women People from Nenets Autonomous Okrug Herzen University alumni {{Russia-linguist-stub