Evenks in Yakutia coexist with civilization, lead a nomadic life with their deer and try to revive their native tongue. Planes from Yakutsk (5,160 miles from Moscow) fly to the National Ulus (district ...
RIA Novosti/Michael Kukhtarev In Yakutia in eastern Siberia, the Evenks coexist with civilization. They lead a nomadic life with their deer and are in the process of reviving their native tongue.
MOSCOW, May 4. /TASS/. The Evenks, an ethnic group numbering around 30,000 are scattered over huge swaths of Siberia and the Far East. Many of them have assimilated into Russian society and forgotten ...
Russia's second-largest oil company, Yukos, has launched a massive investment project in the Evenk Autonomous Okrug in central Siberia to drill and pump crude oil. In the first of a three-part series, ...
Lenky Roy is a Jamaican reggae singer whose record company dreamed up a unique way to promote his new CD, Siberia-- an actual trip to Siberia. He's there now and plans to take part in a grueling, ...
Alcoholism is an endemic problem throughout Russia. Perhaps nowhere is it felt as strongly as among the indigenous populations of Siberia, including the Evenk Autonomous Okrug. In the third and final ...
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, November 5. /TASS/. Kamchatka’s Bystrinsky district on Sunday celebrated the Day of Bear. Most locals are Evenks - the North’s indigenous people, head of the Menedek ...