Koryaks - Wikipedia
Koryaks (‹See Tfd› Russian: коряки) are an Indigenous people of the Russian Far East, who live immediately north of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Kamchatka Krai and inhabit the coastlands of the Bering Sea. [citation needed] The cultural borders of the Koryaks include Tigilsk in the south and the Anadyr basin in the north.
Koryak | Northeast Siberia, Reindeer Herders, Shamanism
Koryak, indigenous people of the Russian Far East, numbering about 7,900 in the late 20th century and living mostly in the Koryak autonomous okrug (district) of the northern Kamchatka Peninsula. The Koryak languages belong to the Luorawetlan …
Koryak | Kamchatka Peninsula, Arctic Circle, Indigenous People
Koryak, former autonomous okrug (district), far eastern Russia. In 2007 Koryak was merged with Kamchatka oblast (region) to form Kamchatka kray (territory). The Koryak area occupies the northern half of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the southern end of the Koryak Mountains, and the Penzhina Basin.
Koryak language, alphabet and pronunciation - Omniglot
Koryak is a Chukotko-Kamchatkan language spoken in northeastern Siberia, mainly in the Koryak Autonomous Region in northern part of the Kamchatka peninsula, and on the adjoining mainland from the Taigonos Peninsula to the Bering Sea.
Koryak language - Wikipedia
Koryak (/ ˈ k ɔːr i æ k / KOR-ee-ak) is a Chukotko-Kamchatkan language spoken by 1,665 people as of 2010 [1] in the easternmost extremity of Siberia, mainly in Koryak Okrug. It is mostly spoken by Koryaks. Its close relative, the Chukchi language, is spoken by about three times that number.
Koryaks - Encyclopedia.com
The Koryaks (Koryaki ) are an indigenous Paleo-Asiatic people living in northeast Siberia, on the northern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula and on the adjoining mainland from the Taigonos Peninsula to the Bering Sea (a total of 152,000 square miles, or 393,680 square kilometers).
eHRAF World Cultures - Yale University
The Koryaks are the main aboriginal population of the Koryak Autonomous District (okrug, the center of which is Palana), a part of Kamchatka Oblast in Russia. A small number of Koryaks live in the Chukotsk Autonomous District and North-Evenk Territory: both are parts of the Magadan Province of Russia. In the past Koryaks did not have a general ...
Koryaks – Russia's Periphery - William & Mary
Koryaks. [Sarah Argodale] Russia’s eastward expansion accumulated numerous ethnic groups, including those residing on the Kamchatka peninsula, which touches the Bering Sea. Of the nomadic groups that live in this area, the Koryaks were one …
Koryaks and Kerek | Encyclopedia.com
The Koryaks are the main aboriginal population of the Koryak Autonomous District (okrug, the center of which is Palana), a part of Kamchatka Oblast in Russia. A small number of Koryaks live in the Chukotsk Autonomous District and North-Evenk Territory: both are parts of the Magadan Province of Russia.
Koriak - Encyclopedia.com
The Koriak (also spelled Koryak) are an Arctic people of extreme northeastern Siberia who inhabit the southern end of the Chukchi peninsula, or Chukotka, and the northern reaches of the Kamchatka peninsula across the Bering Sea from Alaska and the Aleutian Islands.