Olyutorsky District (russian: Олю́торский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #46 and municipalLaw #339-oz district (

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) of Koryak Okrug of

Kamchatka Krai Kamchatka Krai ( rus, Камча́тский край, r=Kamchatsky kray, p=kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), situated in the Russian Far East, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. It ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...

, one of the eleven in the

krai A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR. Etymologically, the word is relat ...

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

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is the

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

(a '' selo'') of Tilichiki. 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 The Ukelayat (russian: Укэлаят; Koryak: Вуквылгаят) is a river in Kamchatka Krai, Russia. The length of the river is and the area of is drainage basin . The name of the river comes from the Koryak ''"vukvylgayat"'' ''(Вук ...

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 a major tributary of La ...

flowing into the

Bering Sea The Bering Sea (, ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and The Am ...

. 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 (russian: Олюторский хребет) 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 subme ...

Pikas Range A pika ( or ; archaically spelled pica) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal found in Asia and North America. With short limbs, very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative, the rabbit, but ...

and

Ukelayat Range The Ukelayat Range (russian: хребет Укэлаят) is a range of mountains in Kamchatka Krai, Russian Far East. The range is part of the Koryak Highland system and administratively it belongs to Olyutorsky District.Google Earth The nam ...

mountain chains, as well as the southern part of the

Komeutyuyam Range The Komeutyuyam Range (russian: Комеутюямский хребет; 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 r ...

are in the district.

History

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

Anadyrsk Anadyrsk was an important Russian ostrog (fortified settlement) in far northeastern Siberia from 1649 to 1764. It was on the Anadyr River, near the head of small-boat navigation, about 300 miles upstream, 12 miles northeast of the present Mark ...

; 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 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 include Tigilsk in the south ...

lived in the area or somewhat west. There were also Yukaghirs, some of whom had been brought south by the Russians. *

Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 '' Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

– 43.8% * Chukchi – 23.1% *

– 21.5% *

Evens The Evens ( eve, эвэн; pl. , in Even and , in Russian; formerly called ''Lamuts'') are a people in Siberia and the Russian Far East. They live in regions of the Magadan Oblast and Kamchatka Krai and northern parts of Sakha east of th ...

– 5.9% *

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ort ...

– 2.5% *

Tatars The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different Turki ...

– 0.6% * Others – 2.6%

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