Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Nanai people (self-designation нани Nani means ‘natives'; self-designation Hezhen means ‘people of the Orient'; Russian: нанайцы nanaitsy; Chinese: 赫哲族 Hèzhézú; formerly also known as Golds and Samagir) are a Tungusic people of the Far East who have traditionally lived along Heilongjiang (Amur) Songhuajiang (Sunggari) and Ussuri rivers on the Middle Amur Basin.
