Evenk elders fear that their culture and language will disappear as soon as they stop raising deer. The Evenks are nomadic people who traditionally followed deer herds across the taiga.

She wondered if there was any hope of achieving her goal: to make contact with the Tungu people, known today as Evenks—nomadic reindeer-herders who had never met a European woman.

In Yakutia in eastern Siberia, the Evenks coexist with civilization. They lead a nomadic life with their deer and are in the process of reviving their native tongue.

Russia's second-largest oil company, Yukos, has launched a massive investment project in the Evenk Autonomous Okrug in central Siberia to drill and pump crude oil. In the first of a three-part ...

Here is a story about what games the Udege, Eskimos, Yakuts, Evenks and Buryats used to play and what traditional entertainment has survived to the present day.

While Zolotarev and Yukos are creating jobs in Evenkia, there are questions whether many Evenks will ever be hired. Most Evenks lack professional experience and adequate education.