Ulch people
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (2,913 (est. 2002)) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Russia
|
2,765 |
 Ukraine
|
76 |
| Languages | |
| Ulch language, Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Shamanism, Russian Orthodoxy | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ainu, Orok, Itelmen, Evenki, Negidals, Nanai, Udege | |
| History of the Priamurye region (also including Heilongjiang, Amur Oblast and southern 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 |
The Ulch (Russian: ульчи, obsolete ольчи; self designation: нани, nani) are an indigenous people of the Russian Far East who speak a Tungusic language, Ulch. Over 90% of Ulchis live in Ulchsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. According to the 2002 Census, there were 2,913 Ulchs living in Russia — down from 3,173 recorded in the 1989 Census, but up from 2,494 recorded in the 1979 Census, and 2,410 recorded in the 1970 Census. According to the 2010 Census there were 2,765 Ulchs in Russia.
Anthropologically, no clear racial groups exist. Some of them belong to the so-called Sakhalin-Amur group, like the Nivkhs.
Among modern populations Ulchi people have the strongest genetic continuity with 7700 years old ancestors of East Asians from Devil's Gate Chertovy Vorota Cave and are also genetically similar to East Asian genetic component of the Native Americans who are a hybrid of the Ulchi-like strain of East Asians and Ancient North Eurasians(ANE).
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