Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other uniform titles: | Antropova, Valentina Vasilʹevna. Koryaks.
Barrett-Hamilton, Gerald Edwin Hamilton, 1871-1914. Visit to Karaginski Island, Kamchatka. Selections.
Jochelson, Waldemar, 1855-1937. Koryak. Russian. English.
Kennan, George, 1845-1924. Tent life in Siberia. Russian. English. Selections.
King, Alexander David. Soul suckers, vampiric shamans in northern Kamchatka, Russia.
Krasheninnikov, Stepan Petrovich, 1713-1755. Opisanie zemli Kamchatki. English. Selections.
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| Other authors / contributors: | Human Relations Area Files, inc.
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| Notes: | Title from Web page (viewed June 9, 2003).
This portion of the eHRAF collection of ethnography was last updated in 2003 and is a revision and update of the microfiche file, Koryak.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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| Summary: | The Koryaks are the main aboriginal population of the Koryak Autonomous District (okrug), a part of Kamchatka Oblast in Russia. The Koryak are divided into two groups distinguished by economic activity: Chavchuvens (nomadic reindeer herders) and Nymylan (settled fishermen and sea hunters). The Koryak language belongs to the Chukotko-Koryak group of the Paleoasian languages. This collection contains six documents and the time coverage is from ca. 1750-1996.
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