EVENKIYA

Evenkiya: translation

/ Evenkiysky Municipal District

An administrative district ofKrasnoyarsk Krai. Formerly afederal subjectof the Russian Federation known as the Evenk Autonomous Okrug, the region (along with the Taymyr Autonomous Okrug) was merged with Krasnoyarsk Krai on 1 January 2007, following a 2005 referendum. In the poll, 79 percent of registered voters gave their support for the merger, while 20 percent voted against consolidation. The last governor of the region was Boris Zolotaryov. The region’s titular minority is theEvenkpeople, who account for 21 percent of the region’s population of some 18,000;ethnic Russiansform a majority at 62 percent.

See alsoTaymyriya.