Kereks

Kereks
Kerek: aӈӄaлҕaкку
Total population
23 (2021 census)
Regions with significant populations
 Russia23[1]
     Chukotka6[1]
     Samara4[1]
     Moscow3[1]
     Moscow Oblast3[1]
Languages
Chukchi, Russian, formerly Kerek
Religion
Shamanism
Related ethnic groups
other Chukotko-Kamchatkan peoples

Kereks (autonym: aӈӄaлҕaкку, angqalghakku, "seaside people";[2] Russian: Кереки, romanizedKereky) are an ethnic group of people in Russia. In the 2021 census, only 23 people registered as ethnic Kereks in Russia. According to the 2010 census, there were only 4, and according to the 2002 census, there were 8 people registered as Kereks. According to the 1897 census, there were still 102 Kereks. During the twentieth century, Kereks were almost completely assimilated into the Chukchi people.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Национальный состав населения". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. ^ Muratov, Bulat (December 2017). "ЧАСТЬ 3-Я: Y-DNA, ОТЦОВСКИЕ ЛИНИИ. МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ ЭТНОГЕНОМИЧЕСКАЯ ЭКСПЕДИЦИЯ 'КАМЧАТКА 2017', ОТ ПРОЕКТОВ SFNC, YSEQ, SUYUN (MEEK-2017, SYS)". BEHPS. 4 (11): 972–1058. ISSN 2410-1788 – via www.academia.edu.