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History of the Priamurye region
(incl. also Heilongjiang,
Amur Oblast and south. part of Khabarovsk Krai)Sushen Mohe • Shiwei Balhae Khitan Liao Dynasty • Daurs Jin Dynasty (1115–1234) • Nivkh Eastern Jin (1215–1234) Yuan Dynasty • Evenks Yeren Jurchens • Solon Khanate Qing Dynasty • Nanais • Ulchs Russian Exploration • Negidals Manchus-Cossacks wars (1652–1689) Nerchinsk Government-General of Eastern Siberia Aigun Li-Lobanov Treaty Siberian Regional Government Far-Eastern Republic Far-Eastern Oblast Soviet invasion of Manchuria (1945) Sino-Soviet border conflict Far Eastern Federal District Negidals (негидальцы in Russian; self designation: элькан бэйэнин, or elkan bayenin meaning "local people." The ethnonym Negidal is a Russification of the Ewenki term ngegida, which means "coastal people.") are a people in the Khabarovsk Krai in Russia, who live along the Amgun River and Amur River. Their language belongs to the Tungusic language family and is very close to the Evenk language. The Negidals are Evenks by origin, who settled along the Amgun and interbred with the Nivkhs, Nanais, and Ulchs. They are officially considered Orthodox Christians, but preserved their own animistic beliefs and shamanism. According to the 2002 census, there were 567 Negidals in Russia, 147 of which still spoke Negidal language.
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