Domna Khomyuk
Domna Maksimovna Khomyuk (née Zakharova, sjd, Туомн Хомюк, russian: Домна Максимовна Хомюк, née Захарова; born September 10, 1954 in Koarrdõgk, Murmansk, Soviet Union) is a Kildin Sámi zootechnician, author, translator, and musician. She is also active in the revitalization of the Kildin Sámi language and culture. Early life Domna Maksimovna Khomyuk was born on September 10, 1954 in Koarrdõgk ( sjd, Коа̄ррдэгк and russian: Воронье). Her parents were reindeer herders and decorated war veterans. Her father was Maksim Antonovich Zakharov (1919–1984) and her mother Mariya Ivanovna Zakharova (1922–2008). Together they went on to have a total of 9 children In 1962, the Soviet Union decided to build the Serebryanskaya hydroelectric power station near where they lived. To do this, they had to dam the Koarrdõgk River. A few years later, when the entire village of Koarrdõgk was going to be flooded and submerged under t ...
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