Oroch people
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,000 (est.) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Russia
| 596[1] |
 Ukraine | 288 (2001) |
| Languages | |
| Oroch language, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Shamanism, Russian Orthodoxy, Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ainu, Nivkh, Itelmen, Evens , Koryaks, Evenks, Ulchs, Nanai, Orok, Udege | |
| History of the Priamurye region (also including Heilongjiang, Amur Oblast and southern 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 |
Orochs (Russian О́рочи), Orochons, or Orochis (self-designation: Nani) are a small people of Russia that speak the Oroch (Orochon) language of the Southern group of Tungusic languages. According to the 2002 census there were 686 Orochs in Russia.
Orochs traditionally settled in the southern part of the Khabarovsk Krai, Russia and on the Amur and Kopp rivers. In the 19th century, some of them migrated to Sakhalin. In the early 1930s, the Orochi National District was created, but was cancelled shortly thereafter "due to lack of native population".
Because the people never had a written language, they were educated in the Russian language. Their language, Oroch, is on the verge of extinction. They follow Shamanism, the Russian Orthodox Church, and Buddhism.
