Alyutors
The Alyutors (Russian: Алюторцы; self designation: Алутальу, or Alutal'u; Alyutor: нэмэлу, nəməlʔu;) are an ethnic group (formerly classified as a subgroup of Koryaks) who lived on the Kamchatka Peninsula and Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East. Today most of them live in Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai.
Нэмэлу nəməlʔu | |
|---|---|
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Russia | 482 (2010) |
| Languages | |
| Alyutor | |
| Religion | |
| Shamanism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Koryaks, Chukchi, Kereks, Itelmens | |
The name also occurs as Olyutors or Olutors, as well as Olyutorka, a settlement where many of the Alyutor people formerly lived.
There is no precise data on the number of Alyutor people, but it is estimated that there are approximately 2,000 to 3,000 of them living in Russia in the present day.
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