Disproportionate Mobilization of Indigenous Peoples in Khabarovsk Krai in raw figures
Author: Maria Vyushkova
On August 1, 2024, a study was published by the publication “Important Stories” and the independent analytical group Conflict Intelligence Team. Based on data about payments to military personnel and their families, both teams managed to calculate the number of contract soldiers and mobilized personnel recruited from autumn 2022 to April 2024.
According to these calculations, 4,496 people were mobilized in Khabarovsk Krai.
How many of them were representatives of the region’s indigenous peoples?
We can find the answer to this question in the speech of the President of the Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North of Khabarovsk Krai Lyubov Odzyal. She delivered this speach at an event called “Special military operation: Contribution of the Indigenous Peoples of the North and Far East”, which was held in Moscow on April 30, 2024, as part of the XIX international exhibition and fair “Treasures of the North”. Lyubov Odzyal stated that 200 representatives of the indigenous peoples of the Khabarovsk Territory were mobilized.
According to the 2021 census, the population of the Khabarovsk Territory is 1,292,944 people. The indigenous peoples (Nanai, Negidal, Nivkh, Oroch, Udege, Ulchi, Evenki, Evens) number 21,129 people.
This means that the number of mobilized from the non-indigenous population of the region is approximately 34 people per 10 thousand residents.
As for the indigenous population the number is about 95 per the same 10 thousand.
The numbers speak for themselves. Representatives of the indigenous peoples were indeed taken much more often.
The consequences of this are already visible. In the Udege village of Gvasyugi, only 211 people live according to the census. Five of the mobilized people are now known to have died.
War and disproportionate mobilization are a direct threat to the future of the indigenous peoples of Khabarovsk Krai.
References:
https://istories.media/stories/2024/08/01/za-dengi-da