Kamchatka is a peninsula on the northeast coast of Asia. It has a length of 1,250 kilometers and a width that varies between 100 and 400 kilometers. Its surface is 470,000 km2.
The peninsula is surrounded by the seas of Okhotsk and Berin It has numerous mineral resources, including, coal, gold, tungsten, platinum and natural gas. The main river valley, called Kamchatka, is surrounded by large mountain ranges that include around 160 volcanoes, of which 29 are active. The highest volcanic peak is the Kiluchevskoi of 4835 meters. Another characteristic summit is the Kliuchevskoi basaltic stratovolcano. There is also a huge field of geysers that is the largest in Eurasia. It is a tectonically very unstable territory with frequent earthquakes, which have even reached levels 8 and 9 on the Richter scale more than once.
The climate varies between temperate-cold in the south and subarctic in the north with abundant rainfall in the form of rain and snow.
The entire peninsula has a population of about 400,000 inhabitants, half of whom live in the Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky city which is the capital and largest city in the region (200,000 inhabitants).
Native peoples of Kamchatka
The main native peoples of Kamchatka are the itelmen (kamchadal), the koryaks) and the tunguses (related to the Manchu in northern China). These peoples suffered Russian conquest and colonization and their numbers have decreased considerably. The itelmen were a society of fishermen and gatherers who lived on the Kmchatka peninsula. They were relatively large groups (estimated to be around 50,000) that suffered very strongly from Cossack invasion in the 18th century. They then mixed with Russian settlers and Aynu immigrants from the Kuril Islands, creating a population with a Russian-speaking syncretic culture called the kamchadal.
The Kamchadal population amounts to about 4,000 people. The Koriaks, whose current population is 8,000 people, are usually divided into two groups. The coastal town of the Nemelan (or Nymylan) which means "villagers", due to their sedentary fishing habits and the inland koryaks, reindeer herders called Chauchen. Russian conquest and colonization: a little-known genocide Kamchatka was explored, colonized, and annexed to the Russian Tsarist empire in a process that began in the late 17th century and continued throughout the 18th century. In 1713, there were approximately 500 Cossacks living in the region. His cruelty and his well-known abuses caused many protests, then motivated open rebellions by the indigenous inhabitants. The uprisings became habitual and reached their maximum when in 1731 the Nijni Kamtchatski colony was razed by the indigenous people and their inhabitants were assassinated. The remaining Cossacks grouped together and quelled the rebellion. However, the genocide continued and the indigenous population, estimated at 20,000 at the beginning of the 18th century, had fallen to only 8,000 in the year 1750.
The incorporation into the tsarist empire first and the Russian Federation afterwards was gradually carried out. After three centuries the population density of the territory is very low, barely exceeding 1 inhabitant per km2. Economy and prospects The current economy is based on fishing and logging. The mining activity has acquired important development. Due to the unusual landscape characteristics of the country, the territory has recently been opened to the tourism industry. From that point of view the peninsula is extremely attractive. The volcanic geological processes are very intense and spectacular, the peninsular fauna is diverse and abundant and the forest ecosystems have remained little altered. Surely in the near future it will be a privileged site for tourist activities in the extreme east of the Russian Federation. Enviar comentarios Historial Guardadas Comunidad
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