List of Nivkh settlements

List of notable Nivkh (Gilyak) settlements in Sakhalin Island and the Lower Amur River. Prior to 1905 settlements are listed from north to south in their geographical categories with most settlement names in the Nivkh language or in the only know given Russian name.

Nivkh population in 2002

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The settlements with Nivkh population according to the Russian Census of 2002 (excluding Khabarovsk, Poronaysk and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk).

According to the Russian Census of 2002 most Nivkhs have lived in following districts:[1] Ulchsky, Nikolayevsky of Khabarovsk Krai and Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, Nogliksky, Okhinsky of Sakhalin Oblast. Some Nivkhs live outside of their native area in big citites of Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Poronaysk.

Khabarovsk Krai
Russian
name
English
name
Number
of Nivkhs
Total
population
Percentage
of Nivkhs
г. Николаевск-на-Амуре Nikolaevsk-on-Amur 407 28,492 1.4%
г. Хабаровск Khabarovsk 131 583,072 0.02%
село Иннокентьевка Innokentyevka 129 664 19.4%
село Тахта Takhta 118 937 12.6%
пгт. Лазарев Lazarev 117 1,954 6.0%
посёлок Тыр Tyr 89 729 12.2%
село Кальма Kalma 85 139 61.2%
посёлок Нижнее Пронге Nizhneye Pronge 82 461 17.8%
посёлок Пуир Puir 77 269 28.6%
село Богородское Bogorodskoye 77 4,119 1.9%
пгт. Многовершинный Mnogovershinny 73 2,798 2.6%
село Сусанино Susanino 62 882 7.0%
село Красное Krasnoye 60 1,251 4.8%
пгт. Маго Mago 56 2,244 2.5%
село Оремиф Oremif 54 325 16.6%
село Алеевка Aleyevka 49 65 75.4%
село Ухта Ukhta 45 175 25.7%
село Нижняя Гавань Nizрnyaya Gavan 40 377 10.6%
село Воскресенское Voskresenskoye 36 114 31.6%
село Константиновка Konstantinovka 35 908 3.9%
село Тнейвах Tneyvakh 33 55 60.0%
село Булава Bulava 30 2,226 1.3%
село Белоглинка Beloglinka 30 89 33.7%
село Макаровка Makarovka 22 26 84.6%
посёлок Чныррах Chnyrrakh 21 455 4.6%
село Чля Chlya 20 933 2.1%
село Солонцы Solontsy 18 570 3.2%
село Власьево Vlasyevo 11 39 28.2%
посёлок Октябрьский Oktyabrsky 11 170 6.5%
село Сахаровка Sakharovka 10 85 11.8%
Sakhalin Oblast
Russian
name
English
name
Number
of Nivkhs
Total
population
Percentage
of Nivkhs
пгт. Ноглики Nogliki 647 10,604 6.1%
село Некрасовка Nekrasovka 572 1,126 50.8%
г. Оха Okha 299 27,795 1.1%
село Чир-Унвд Chir-Unvd 200 291 68.7%
г. Поронайск Poronaysk 116 17,844 0.7%
г. Южно-Сахалинск Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 98 170,356 0.1%
село Рыбное Rybnoye 56 84 66.7%
посёлок Трамбаус Trambaus 45 105 42.9%
село Москальво Moskalvo 44 807 5.5%
г. Александровск-Сахалинский Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky 29 12,693 0.2%
село Виахту Viakhtu 26 286 9.1%
посёлок Луполово Lupolovo 21 28 75.0%
село Вал Val 19 1211 1.6%
село Венское Venskoye 14 15 93.3%
пгт. Катангли Katangli 17 896 1.9%
посёлок Рыбобаза-2 Rybobaza-2 11 34 32.4%

Nivkh settlements before 1905

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Amur Estuary
  • Nikolaevsk
  • Lazatev
West Sakhalin Coast
  • Tamlavo
  • Ngyl'vo
  • Valuevo
  • Langry
  • Chingai
  • Pyrki
  • Pogibi
  • Uandi
  • Ytyk'
  • Viakhtu[2]
  • Khoe
  • Tangi
  • Arkovo
  • Port Aleksandrovsk
Sakhalin Bay
  • Rybnoe
  • Visk'vo
  • Pomyt'
  • Nil'vo
  • Matnyr'
  • Ngyd'
  • Koibgervo
East Sakhalin Coast
  • Khankes'
  • Urkdt'
  • Pil'tun (island)
  • Kakervo
  • Kharkor'vo
  • Chaivo
  • Lad'vo
  • Tyrmyts'
  • Vachi
  • Mil'kovo
  • Tagry
  • Lub'vo
  • Lung'yo
  • Nappi
  • Ngamb'vo
Tym River
  • Yukyr'
  • Chkharvo
  • Slavo
  • Uskovo
  • Tymovo
  • Rykovskoe

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Russian Censuses Database". Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  2. ^ Political exile Lev Sternberg began his ethnographic expeditions in Viakhtu on the Nivkhs and Oroks where he soon crossed Sakhalin to the Tym' River to the black gilyak clans (Shternberg and Grant, p. xxxii, 6).

References

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