Lamutskoye
Encyclopedia
Lamutskoye is a rural locality (selo) in Anadyrsky District
of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
, Russia
. It is located northwest of Markovo
and northeast of Chuvanskoye
. Population, as of 2006: 230. Municipally, Lamutskoye is incorporated as Lamutskoye Rural Settlement.
. The Evens are the dominant indigenous people in the area having migrated to western Chukotka from what is now the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic of Russia.
The village was founded in 1936 as a collective farm
and along with Chuvanskoye was later merged with the Markovo farm.
, 63 Lamut, 28 Chuvan
, 5 Even and 5 Yakut
.
Anadyrsky District
Anadyrsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located in the interior portion of the autonomous okrug and in terms of administrative divisions borders with Chaunsky District in the northwest, Iultinsky District in the...
of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , or Chukotka , is a federal subject of Russia located in the Russian Far East.Chukotka has a population of 53,824 according to the 2002 Census, and a surface area of . The principal town and the administrative center is Anadyr...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It is located northwest of Markovo
Markovo, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Markovo is a village situated near the head of small-boat navigation of the Anadyr River, near the center of the Anadyrsky District of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, part of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia...
and northeast of Chuvanskoye
Chuvanskoye
Chuvanskoye is a rural locality in Anadyrsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Russia. Municipally, the village is incorporated as Chuvanskoye Rural Settlement. It is located west of Markovo on the banks of the Yeropol River, a tributary of the Anadyr River...
. Population, as of 2006: 230. Municipally, Lamutskoye is incorporated as Lamutskoye Rural Settlement.
History
The name of the village is derived from the word "Lamut" — an archaic name for the EvensEvens
The Evens or Eveny are a people in Siberia and the Russian Far East. They live in some of the regions of the Magadan Oblast and Kamchatka Krai and northern parts of Sakha east of the Lena River. According to the 2002 census, there were 19,071 Evens in Russia...
. The Evens are the dominant indigenous people in the area having migrated to western Chukotka from what is now the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic of Russia.
The village was founded in 1936 as a collective farm
Kolkhoz
A kolkhoz , plural kolkhozy, was a form of collective farming in the Soviet Union that existed along with state farms . The word is a contraction of коллекти́вное хозя́йство, or "collective farm", while sovkhoz is a contraction of советское хозяйство...
and along with Chuvanskoye was later merged with the Markovo farm.
Demographics
The population of the village, as of 2006 was 230, up from a population the previous year of 213, according to an environmental impact report prepared for the Kupol gold project. Of the 213 people living in the village in 2005, 212 were of indigenous origin. Of these indigenous people, 111 were ChukchiChukchi people
The Chukchi, or Chukchee , ) are an indigenous people inhabiting the Chukchi Peninsula and the shores of the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea region of the Arctic Ocean within the Russian Federation. They speak the Chukchi language...
, 63 Lamut, 28 Chuvan
Chuvans
Chuvans are one of the forty or so "less-numerous peoples of the North" recognized by the Russian government. Most Chuvans today live within Chukotka Autonomous Okrug in the far northeast of Russia...
, 5 Even and 5 Yakut
Yakuts
Yakuts , are a Turkic people associated with the Sakha Republic.The Yakut or Sakha language belongs to the Northern branch of the Turkic family of languages....
.