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Russians call Russia's Chukotka Region "the shore of two oceans." Indeed, Chukotka stretches from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Pacific Oņean in the east, covering 700,000 square kilometers, an area larger than France. Chukotka is also the Russian territory closest to the USA, separated from Alaska by only the narrow Bering Strait.
Russian named Chukotka after the most numerous population of indigenous peoples in the region, the Chukchi. "Chukcha" means "having many deer" in the local Chukchi language.
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