In the easternmost portion of this region, the Gilyak people speak the Nivkh ("NIFFK") language isolate.
In the easternmost portion of this region, the Gilyak people speak the Nivkh ("NIFFK") language isolate. The largest national subdivision in the world, the Sakha Republic, lies in this region. "Paleo-Asiatic" is a term used by linguists to classify some languages in this area's northeast, including Chukchi. Magadan is a minor port in this region, but (*) Vladivostok is the region's main ice-free port and is one terminus for the namesake railway of this region, which curls north at Lake Baikal, en route to Novosibirsk. Gulags were once found in the frigid lands of, for 10 points, what Asiatic portion of Russia?
In the easternmost portion of this region, the Gilyak people speak the Nivkh ("NIFFK") language isolate.
Siberia [prompt on Russia until “Vladivostok”] &lt;DM&gt;