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

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-АмуреNikolaevsk-on-Amur40728,4921.4%
г. ХабаровскKhabarovsk131583,0720.02%
село ИннокентьевкаInnokentyevka12966419.4%
село ТахтаTakhta11893712.6%
пгт. ЛазаревLazarev1171,9546.0%
посёлок ТырTyr8972912.2%
село КальмаKalma8513961.2%
посёлок Нижнее ПронгеNizhneye Pronge8246117.8%
посёлок ПуирPuir7726928.6%
село БогородскоеBogorodskoye774,1191.9%
пгт. МноговершинныйMnogovershinny732,7982.6%
село СусаниноSusanino628827.0%
село КрасноеKrasnoye601,2514.8%
пгт. МагоMago562,2442.5%
село ОремифOremif5432516.6%
село АлеевкаAleyevka496575.4%
село УхтаUkhta4517525.7%
село Нижняя ГаваньNizрnyaya Gavan4037710.6%
село ВоскресенскоеVoskresenskoye3611431.6%
село КонстантиновкаKonstantinovka359083.9%
село ТнейвахTneyvakh335560.0%
село БулаваBulava302,2261.3%
село БелоглинкаBeloglinka308933.7%
село МакаровкаMakarovka222684.6%
посёлок ЧныррахChnyrrakh214554.6%
село ЧляChlya209332.1%
село СолонцыSolontsy185703.2%
село ВласьевоVlasyevo113928.2%
посёлок ОктябрьскийOktyabrsky111706.5%
село СахаровкаSakharovka108511.8%
Sakhalin Oblast
Russian
name
English
name
Number
of Nivkhs
Total
population
Percentage
of Nivkhs
пгт. НогликиNogliki64710,6046.1%
село НекрасовкаNekrasovka5721,12650.8%
г. ОхаOkha29927,7951.1%
село Чир-УнвдChir-Unvd20029168.7%
г. ПоронайскPoronaysk11617,8440.7%
г. Южно-СахалинскYuzhno-Sakhalinsk98170,3560.1%
село РыбноеRybnoye568466.7%
посёлок ТрамбаусTrambaus4510542.9%
село МоскальвоMoskalvo448075.5%
г. Александровск-СахалинскийAlexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky2912,6930.2%
село ВиахтуViakhtu262869.1%
посёлок ЛуполовоLupolovo212875.0%
село ВалVal1912111.6%
село ВенскоеVenskoye??>50%
пгт. КатанглиKatangli178961.9%
посёлок Рыбобаза-2Rybobaza-2113432.4%

Nivkh settlements before 1905

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

  1. Russian Censuses Database
  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

  • Black, Lydia (1973) Nivkh (Gilyak) of Sakhalin and the Lower Amur. Arctic Anthropology. Volume 10 No.1 p. 94 ISSN 0066-6939
  • Shternberg, Lev Iakovlevich and Bruce Grant. (1999) The Social Organization of the Gilyak. New York: American Museum of Natural History. Seattle: University of Washington Press ISBN 0-295-97799-X
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