Khatyrka

Khatyrka (Russian: Хатырка; Chukot: Ватыркан, Vatyrkan) is a rural locality (a selo) in Anadyrsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia,[2] located on the shore of the Bering Sea southwest of Beringovsky.

[3] The name of the village and the nearby river was taken from the cape first mapped by the naval officer Sarychyevym, but first visited by the merchants Bakov and Novikov.

[3] The Chuckchi call the place Vatyrkan, meaning dry or exhausted as the area surrounding the village is used for reindeer grazing.

[11] Within the village, the cultural centre supports the national ensemble "Chukotka Dawns" (Russian: Чукотские зори).

[12] The main occupations revolve around traditional indigenous economic activities of fishing and hunting, both on land and sea.

However, unlike in villages such as Alkatvaam and Tavayvaam, when the state farm became the Municipal Unitary Enterprise of Rural Agricultural Producers, the herders were able to continue their livelihood.