Yukaghir people

The Yukagirs are a small paläosibirisches people, especially in the belonging to Russia 's Republic of Sakha ( popularly known as Yakutia ) lives in Northeast Asia.

Geography

The settlement focus of Yukagirs are the landscapes of the northeastern Russian currents Alaseja, Kolyma and Indigirka that run in the area of the vast East Siberian lowlands and the Jukagirenplateaus.

General Information

In 1979, there were 835 Yukagirs, 2005, 1559 people known to jukagirischen identity. Only a smaller part of the population speaks the jukagirischen Jukagirische language which is thus in danger of extinction. Jukagir ( Yukagir ) is a likely Tungusic foreign name. The self- designations of the different groups are: MODULE, Vadul, Dutke, Dutkil.

History

As tungusischsprachige groups in the 13th century penetrated to North and East Siberia, lived there several linguistically and culturally with the ancestors of today's Yukagirs Related ethnic groups on a very large area. At this time, the metal processing was not yet widespread, so that must be spoken of late Stone Age hunter- gatherer cultures. After the Russian colonization, which began in the 17th century and the further dissemination and ewenischer Yakut language and culture remained in the 19th and 20th centuries, left only smaller groups who identified themselves as Yukagirs. Some jukagirische groups took part in the colonial conquest Northeast Asia as Russian auxiliaries. War losses, linguistic and cultural assimilation and epidemics meant that in 1861 the number of Yukagirs had dropped below 1000. Already in the 18th century, the Yukagirs were considered Christianized.

Related ethnic groups

The ethnic groups of the Anaul and Hodyn have dissolved in the Russian colonial period. With the Tschuwanen ( Tschuwanzen ) a mixed population with its own identity, who now lives in many parts of Northeast Asia originated.