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The Chukchi (Russian: чукчи (plural) чукча (singular)) are an indigenous people inhabiting the Chukchi Peninsula and the shores of the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea region of the Arctic Ocean within the Russian Federation. They speak the Chukchi language. The Chukchi originated from the people living around the Okhotsk Sea.

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language
Russian language, Chukchi language
population place
Russia, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Ukraine
religion
Shamanism, Russian Orthodox Church
total population
15938

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