CHUKOTKA

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• is a federal subject of Russia.
• It is geographically located in the Far
East region of the country
• The least densely-populated federal subject
(0.07km^(-2))
 HISTORY
• Traditionally Chukotka was the home of the
native Chukchi people, Siberian Yupiks,
Koryaks, Chuvans, Evens/Lamuts, Yukaghirs,
and Russian Old Settlers
• the first inhabitants were Paleo-Siberian
hunters who came to Chukotka from Central
and East Asia. The area was then part of the
Beringia land bridge that is believed to have
enabled human migration to the Americas
• from 2001 to 2008, Roman Abramovich was
the Governor of Chukotka
• he invested billions of rubles, including his
own money, into the Chukotka economy by
developing its infrastructure, schools, and
housing
 ECONOMY
• Chukotka has large reserves of oil, natural gas,
coal, gold, and tungsten, which are slowly
being exploited, but much of the rural
population survives on subsistence reindeer
herding, whale hunting, and fishing
• the urban population is employed in mining,
administration, construction, cultural work,
education, medicine, and other occupations
 CLIMATE
• influenced by its location on the three
neighboring seas: the Bering Sea, the East
Siberian Sea, and the Chukchi Sea
• the weather is characterized by cold northerly
winds that can quickly change to wet southern
winds
• Temperature varies from −15 °C to −35 °C in
January and from +5 °C to +14 °C in July
 ETHNIC GROUPS
• Russian 52.5%
• Chukchi 26.7%
• Ukrainian 6%
• Yupik 3.2%
• Even 2.9%
• Chuvan 1.9%
• Belarusians 0.96%
• Yukaghir 0.4%
• other groups of less than one hundred persons each
CHUKCHI PEOPLE
 ANADYR
• is a port town and the administrative center of
Chukotka
 LAKE ELGYGYTGYN
• The word "Elgygytgyn" means "white lake" in
the Chukchi language
 WRANGEL ISLAND
• is an island in the Arctic Ocean, between the
Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea
• UNESCO World Heritage Site
 QUESTIONS
1 What is Chukotka?
2 Who were the first inhabitants of Chukotka?
3 What kind of activities do people there do to
survive?
4 What does the word Elgygytgyn mean?
5 What three seas surround Chukotka?
6 Which town is the administrative center of
Chukotka?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION