Ulch people

Ulchs
Alternative names:
Ulch, Ul'chi, Ulchi
Total population
2,913 (est. 2002)
Regions with significant populations
 Russia: Khabarovsk Krai: Ulchsky District
 Ukraine 76 [1]
Languages

Ulch language, Russian

Religion

Shamanism, Russian Orthodoxy

Related ethnic groups

Ainu, Orok, Itelmen, Evenki, Negidals, Nanai, Udege

History of the Priamurye region
(incl. also Heilongjiang,
Amur Oblast and south. part of Khabarovsk Krai)
Sushen
Mohe • Shiwei
Balhae
Khitan
Liao Dynasty • Daurs
Jin Dynasty (1115–1234) • Nivkh
Eastern Jin (1215–1234)
Yuan Dynasty • Evenks
Yeren Jurchens • Solon Khanate
Qing Dynasty • Nanais • Ulchs
Russian Exploration • Negidals
Manchus-Cossacks wars (1652–1689)
Nerchinsk
Government-General of Eastern Siberia
Aigun
Li-Lobanov Treaty
Siberian Regional Government
Far-Eastern Republic
Far-Eastern Oblast
Soviet invasion of Manchuria (1945)
Sino-Soviet border conflict
Far Eastern Federal District

The Ulch (Russian: ульчи, obsolete ольчи; self designation: нани, nani) are an indigenous people of the Russian Far East who speak a Tungusic language, Ulch. Over 90% of Ulchis live in Ulchsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. According to the 2002 Census, there were 2,913 Ulchs living in Russia — down from 3,173 recorded in the 1989 Census, but up from 2,494 recorded in the 1979 Census, and 2,410 recorded in the 1970 Census.

Anthropologically, no clear racial groups exist. Some of them belong to the so-called Sakhalin-Amur group, like the Nivkhs.

References

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