Alyutors
Sign in to saveThe Alyutors (; self designation: Алутальу, or Alutal'u; Alyutor: нэмэлу, nəməlʔu;) are an ethnic group (formerly classified as a subgroup of Koryaks) who live on the Kamchatka Peninsula and Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East. Today most of them live in Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Alyutors
- Ethnic group.population
- 96 (2021 census) Approximately 2000-3000 people.
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 88 (2021 census)
- Ethnic group.languages
- Russian, Alyutor
- Ethnic group.religions
- Shamanism
- Ethnic group.related c
- other Chukotko-Kamchatkan peoples
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Нэмэлу nəməlʔu
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The Alyutors (; self designation: Алутальу, or Alutal'u; Alyutor: нэмэлу, nəməlʔu;) are an ethnic group (formerly classified as a subgroup of Koryaks) who live on the Kamchatka Peninsula and Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East. Today most of them live in Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai.
The name also occurs as Olyutors or Olutors, as well as Olyutorka, a settlement where many of the Alyutor people formerly lived.
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