Ethnogenetic problems: an ethnic origin of the Uilta of Sakhalin
The Soviet ethnographic literature states that in the XVII century the ethnic basis of the Uilta of Sakhalin were the Okhotsk Evenks. Studies of the Evenks, Evens, Uilta and other peoples of the Okhotsk coast and the Amur region made by M. Levin indicate that anthropological characteristics of the Evenks and Evens have significant differences, while the Evens and Uilta are very similar. The article proves that in the XVII century the basis of the ethnicity Uilta were not Evenks but Evens.