Maybe the type of dog with Zinaide Yussupov call
Pomeranian dog?
("shpits" is the russian name of this type of dog)
As far as I know, Samoed is the name of the ethnic group of people, as well as escimo.
It could very well be a Pomeranian, but it seems a little big to be one. Like I said before, it's a little difficult to tell the difference, unless you can see their face clearly. Eskimos and Samoyeds are both what you would call working dogs, as they are both sled dogs that were used to pull the sleds of the Inuit (a native group from the Northern territories of Canada, and Alaska) and other native groups, hence the name "eskimo". It's almost like the similarity of the Siberian Husky and the Alaskan Malamute.