Olyutorsky District () is an administrativeLaw #46 and municipalLaw #339-oz district (

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) of

Koryak Okrug Koryak Okrug (; Koryak: , ''Cav’cәvaokrug''), or Koryakia (), was an administrative division with a special status within Kamchatka Krai, Russia.

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, one of the

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in the

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. It is located in the northeast of the krai. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a ''

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'') of

Tilichiki Tilichiki () is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Olyutorsky District of Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It is located on the Korfa Bay of the Kamchatka Peninsula. History Tilichiki was established in 189 ...

. Population: The population of Tilichiki accounts for 34.6% of the district's total population.

Geography

The major rivers in the district are the Pakhacha and Apuka, having their headwaters close to the north-flowing Mayn River, as well as the Ukelayat and the

Velikaya River The Velikaya () is a river in Novosokolnichesky, Pustoshkinsky, Sebezhsky, Opochetsky, Pushkinogorsky, Ostrovsky, Palkinsky, and Pskovsky Districts of Pskov Oblast, as well as in the city of Pskov in Russia. It is the largest tributary o ...

flowing into the

Bering Sea The Bering Sea ( , ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre, p=ˈbʲerʲɪnɡəvə ˈmorʲe) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasse ...

. Lantzeff speaks also of the Olyutora River,George V. Lantzeff and Richard A. Price. 'Eastward to Empire'. 1973 which does not appear on modern maps and which he distinguishes from the Pakhacha. The

Olyutor Range The Olyutor Range () is a range of mountains in Kamchatka Krai, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Olyutorsky District.Google Earth The range is a mainland prolongation of the submerged Shirshov Ridge of the Bering Sea. ...

, Pikas Range and Ukelayat Range mountain chains, as well as the southern part of the

Komeutyuyam Range The Komeutyuyam Range (; zh, 科梅乌秋亚姆斯基山) is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai, Russian Far East. Administratively the northern section of the range belongs to the Anadyr District of Chukotka ...

are in the district.

History

In 1714, Russians built the '' ostrog'' (fortress) of Olyutorsk to control the coast and land route from Kamchatka to

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; a function it shared with Aklansk. It was besieged by the Yukaghirs and Koryaks. It lost its importance after the sea route from

Okhotsk Okhotsk ( rus, Охотск, p=ɐˈxotsk) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Okhotsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located at the mouth of the Okhota River on the Sea of Okhotsk. Population: ...

was opened.

Demographics

The Alyutors, a branch of the

Koryaks Koryaks () are an Indigenous people#North Asia, Indigenous people of the Russian Far East who live immediately north of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Kamchatka Krai and inhabit the coastlands of the Bering Sea. The cultural borders of the Koryaks i ...

lived in the area or somewhat west. There were also

Yukaghirs The Yukaghirs, or Yukagirs ( (), ), are a Siberian ethnic group in the Russian Far East, living in the basin of the Kolyma River. Geographic distribution The Tundra Yukaghirs live in the Lower Kolyma region in the Sakha Republic; the Taiga Y ...

, some of whom had been brought south by the Russians. *

Russians Russians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian language, Russian, the most spoken Slavic languages, Slavic language. The majority of Russians adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church ...

– 43.8% * Chukchi – 23.1% *

– 21.5% *

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– 5.9% *

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– 2.5% *

Tatars Tatars ( )Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...

– 0.6% * Others – 2.6%

References

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* {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of Kamchatka Krai