Evenk Autonomous Okrug
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Evenk Autonomous Okrug, or Evenkia, was a federal subject of Russia. It had been created in 1930. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Tura. As of 2006, at 767,600 km2, it was Ru
Evenks are native to Evenkia, as well as Yakutia & beyond.
Evenki people
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The Evenki, or Tungusy, are a Tungusic people of North Asia. In Russia, the Evenki are recognised as one of the Indigenous peoples of the Russian North, with a population of 38,396. In China, the Even
Evenk Autonomous Okrug
…not to specify their ethnic background. Of the rest, residents identified themselves as belonging to 67 ethnic groups, including ethnic Russians (62%), Evenks (21.5%), Yakuts (5.6%), Ukrainians (3.1%), Kets (1.2%), 162 Tatars (0.9%), 152 Khakas (0.9%) and 127 Volga Germans (0.7%). Music of Evenkia…
An Evenki family in the early 1900s
An Evenki chum at an ethnographic museum in Ulan Ude, Russia
The lands of the Solons (Solonen) near Hailar (Chailar) in the late Qing Empire
An Evenki chum made from birch bark, Heilongjiang