Udege
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Udege (Удэгейцы in Russian; self designation: удээ and удэхе, or udae and udekhe correspondingly) are a people in the Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsk Krai in Russia. They live along the tributaries of the Ussuri River and Amur River (Khungari River, Anyuy River). The Udege people speak Udege language, which belongs to the Tungusic language family. Their religious beliefs include the cult of forces of nature, animal worship, and shamanism. The Udege people are mainly engaged in hunting, fishing and ginseng picking. According to the 2002 census, there were 1657 Udege in Russia (1,500 in 1970).
Categories: Ethnic groups of Russia | Tungusic peoples | Ethnic group stubs | Indigenous peoples of North Asia
