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Traditionally the home of the native Chukchi people, Siberian Yupiks, Koryaks, Chuvans , Evens / Lamuts , Yukagirs , and Russian Old Settlers, the region was subject to collectivisation and forced settlement during the Soviet era.
Chukotka has large reserves of oil, natural gas, coalCoal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by mining. It is a readily combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. It is composed primarily of carbon and hydrocarbons, along with assorted other elements, including sulfur. Often associated wi, goldFor alternative meanings, see gold (disambiguation Gold is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Au ( L. aurum and atomic number 79. A soft, shiny, yellow, heavy, malleable, ductile (trivalent and univalent) transition metal, gold d, and tungstenThis article is about the chemical element. Tungsten may also refer to the Tungsten Handheld PDA. Tungsten (formerly Wolfram is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol W ( L. Wolframium and atomic number 74. A very hard, heavy, steel-, which are slowly being exploited, but much of the rural population exists on subsistence reindeer herding, huntingThis article is about the hunting of prey by human society. For other uses of the word "hunting" see Hunting (disambiguation). For other meanings of the word "hunter" (which redirects here), see Hunter (disambiguation). Hunting is, in its most general sen and fishingFishing is both the recreation and sport of catching fish (for food or as a trophy), and the commercial fishing industry of catching or harvesting seafood (either fish or other aquatic life-forms, such as shellfish). Fishing is done in a river, canal, lak. The urban population is employed in miningSilver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein or (coal) seam. Materials commonly recovered by mining include b, administration, construction, cultural work, education, medicine, and other occupations.
The governor of Chukotka, business oligarchBusiness oligarch describes wealthy people that significantly influence the life of a state. The term came into wide circulation after the collapse of the Soviet Union in application to the people that became extemely wealthy in some post-Soviet republics Roman AbramovichRoman Arkadievich Abramovich (born October 24, 1966) is a Russian oil billionaire, referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs. Abramovich lost his mother at the age of 18 months, his father subsequently being killed in a construction accident when Abramo, has spent millions of dollars in the region on developing infrastructure and providing direct aid to the inhabitants.