Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Picture of Chukchi in Russia

The image below is of a Chukchi group near the Bearing Sea in Russia. It was obtained from the book Before They Pass Away.

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The Chukchi are an indigenous group originally residing in the northern Eurasian steppe. Currently small groups continue to exist near the Chukchi and Bearing Sea, mostly gathered in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, comprising the northeastern tip of Russia. 

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