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The Evens or Eveny (formerly known as the Lamuts a term meaning ocean people in Even) (Эвены in Russian) are a people in Siberia and the Russian Far East. They live in some of the regions of the Magadan Oblast and Kamchatka Krai and northern parts of Sakha east of the Lena River. According to the 2002 census there were 19071 Evens in Russia. They speak their own Even language one of the Tungusic languages. The Evens are close to the Evenks by their origins and culture.
