Environmental Knowledgeof the North

[Self-designation эвэсэл] The Even are a Tungusic people who originally spread from the northern Amur region across large parts of northeastern Siberia, from Yakutia to Chukotka. Between 1830 and 1840, they migrated from the north to Kamchatka, where they settled in the central part of the peninsula. Originally hunters who used reindeer as a means of transportation, they developed reindeer herding over the past century, which has since become an important source of livelihood for them. Today, the Even live in northern Kamchatka as well as in the settlements of Esso and Anavgay in the Bystrinsky District in the central part of Kamchatka.