Kereks

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Kereks

aӈӄalҕakku
Total population
23 (2021 census)
Regions with significant populations
Russia	23[1]
Chukotka	6[1]
Samara	4[1]
Moscow	3[1]
Moscow Oblast	3[1]
Languages
Chukchi, Russian, formerly Kerek
Religion
Shamanism
Related ethnic groups
other Chukotko-Kamchatkan peoples

Kereks (autonym: aӈӄalҕakku, angqalghakku, "seaside people";^[2] Russian: Кереки, romanized: Kereky) are an ethnic group of people in Russia. In the 2021 census, only 23 people registered as ethnic Kereks in Russia. According to the 2010 census, there were only 4, and according to the 2002 census, there were 8 people registered as Kereks. According to the 1897 census, there were still 102 Kereks. During the twentieth century, Kereks were almost completely assimilated into the Chukchi people.