Tags: Ethnic Group.
Udege (Удэгейцы in Russian; ethnonym: удээ and удэхе or Udihe Udekhe and Udeghe correspondingly) are a people who live in the Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsk Krai regions in Russia the native population of this region. They live along the tributaries of the Ussuri Amur Kungari and Anyuy Rivers. The Udege speak the Udege language which belongs to the Tungusic language family. Their religious beliefs include animism animal worship and shamanism.
