Chuner Mikhailovich Taksami (; 23 February 1931 – 27 February 2014)Chuner Taksami's obituary
was a Russian ethnographer of

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origin and had a Doctor of Historical Sciences attained in 1955. Taksami was born in Kalma,

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. He was a spokesman for the Nivkh and other Siberian peoples.digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/281/5/amna-082-01-0184.pdf pp.186-189 Taksami specialized in Siberian historical, archeological, and anthropological research. He was the Director of

Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography The Kunstkamera (, derived from German ''Kunstkammer'' lit. "art chamber") formally organized as the Russian Academy of Science's Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (, ''Muzey antropologii i etnografii imeni Petra Velikogo Ro ...

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from 1997 to 2001.St. Petersburg the shortest way to the Arctic
- Saving Original Art As a Part of World Culture (2000)- Near East International Magazine After his museum tenure was over Taksami collaborated with professors from

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organizing ethnolinguistic expeditions to Nivkh settlements in the lower

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basin and on northern

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. He published over 300 works, including books, journals, dictionaries, and contemporary problems of Asian Northern Peoples mostly in Russian. Additionally he chaired or was a council member of various Siberian associations.

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1931 births 2014 deaths People from Khabarovsk Krai Nivkh Russian ethnographers Russian people of indigenous Siberian descent Academic staff of Herzen University {{Indigenous-activist-stub