Vasily Viktorovich, a native of the village of Lopaevo, can trace his ancestry back thirteen generations. In official records, they were all listed as "Voguls"—or, as this people is known today, the "Mansi."
However, the Novolyalinsky District in the Sverdlovsk Region—where the Lopaevs have farmed the land for centuries—is not recognized as a territory of the indigenous minority peoples of the North…
What happened, and what does Vasily Viktorovich intend to do about it?
