Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Kumandins (also Kumandy Kumanda Qumandy Qumanda) are an indigenous people of southern Siberia. They reside mainly in the Altai Republic.According to the 1926 census in the territory of Russia lived 6335 Kumandins. In the 2010 census the number was only 2892 but possibly the 1926 census included some related peoples. A part of Kumandy living on the banks of river Biya from river Kuu (Swan Russ.