Domna Maksimovna Khomyuk (née Zakharova, Kildin Sami: Туомн Хомюк, Russian: Домна Максимовна Хомюк, née Захарова; born September 10, 1954, in Koarrdõgk, Murmansk, Soviet Union) is a Russian Kildin Sámi zootechnician, author, translator, and musician.
[4] Together they went on to have a total of 9 children[5][6] In 1962, the Soviet Union decided to build the Serebryanskaya hydroelectric power station near where they lived.
[6][7] Khomyuk majored in zootechnology at Sortavala Agricultural School (Russian: Сортавальский сельскохозяйственный техникум).
In addition, she started to serve the public in various positions of responsibility such as the 10 years she spent as the president of the Lovozero election committee, as a member on the board of the yoikers' association Juoigiid Searvi, and as a member of the Working Group of Indigenous Peoples in the Barents-Euro Arctic Region.
[14][15] Her entry for the yoik category was a luvvt called Luojavr (Kildin Sami: Луяввьр), which describes Lovozero, her home town.