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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «NAUKI O ZEMLE»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «EARTH SCIENCES»
ISSN 2073-3402 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Earth Sciences». 2026. Vol 56

Features of Collecting wild Plants from Indigenous Numerically Small People of the Kamchatka Territory

Author(s)

V. N. Kurdyukov, S. V. Sizykh

Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation

Abstract
The basis of the traditional economic management of the indigenous peoples living in the Kamchatka Territory, in addition to fishing, reindeer husbandry and hunting, is the collection of wild plants. The main types of wild plants collected are berries (cranberries, blueberries, lingonberries), mushrooms, nuts, and medicinal plants. The article analyzes the collecting of wild plants by these peoples, according to a survey conducted in 2022. A total of 90 people were interviewed, of which: 40 Itelmens, 25 Koryaks, 13 Kamchadals, 6 Evens, 4 Chukchis and 2 Kereks. Most of the respondents were women (60 %), age category about 40–50 years. The survey was carried out during July-December 2022 in such settlements as the towns Palana, Tigil, Voyampolka, Kovran, Ust-Khairyuzovo from Tigil district, villages Esso, Anavgai from Bystrinsky district, town Ossora, villages Ivashka, Tymlat from Karaginsky district, villages Talovka, Manila from Penzhinsky district, villages Tilichiki, Apuka © Курдюков В. Н., Сизых С. В., 2026 * Полные сведения об авторах см. на последней странице статьи. For complete information about the authors, see the last page of the article. 90 В. Н. КУРДЮКОВ, С. В. СИЗЫХ Известия Иркутского государственного университета. Серия Науки о Земле. 2026. Т. 56. С. 89–100 The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Earth Sciences, 2026, vol. 56, pp. 89-100 from Olyutorsky district, cities Elizovo and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. At present, it seems important from a scientific and practical point of view to carry out such research before the original culture of the indigenous peoples of the Kamchatka Territory has completely disappeared. The study was carried out in order to determine the current state of one of the areas of traditional activity of the indigenous peoples of the Kamchatka Territory.
About the Authors

Kurdyukov Vitaly Nikolaevich, Employee of the Botanical Garden Irkutsk State University 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation e-mail: vit.kurdyukov@list.ru 

Sizykh Svetlana Vitalievna, Candidate of Sciences (Biology), Director of the Botanical Garden Irkutsk State University 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation e-mail: sizykhsvetlana@gmail.com

For citation
Kurdyukov V.N., Sizykh S.V. Features of Collecting wild Plants from Indigenous Numerically Small People of the Kamchatka Territory. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Earth Sciences, 2026, vol. 56, pp. 89-100. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3402.2026.56.89 (in Russian)
Keywords
wild plants, medicinal herbs, traditional nature management, indigenous numerically small people, indigenous people, Kamchatka.
UDC
630.28(571.66)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3402.2026.56.89
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