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Kamenschik

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Kamenschik settlements in the late 18th century

TheKamenschiks(Russian:каменщики) orBukhtarmanare a group of Russians who descend from the earliest settlers of SouthSiberia.They areOld Believersand originally lived along theKerzhenets RiverinNizhny Novgorod Governorate.They later moved to the banks of theBukhtarma River.

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  • Wixman, Ronald.The Peoples of the USSR,(Armonk: Sharpe, 1984) p. 32