Kagyrgyn

Kagyrgyn is a Chukchi name associated with the Anadyr and its estuary, meaning an entrance or opening. The great Anadyr River flows east across northeastern Siberia before widening towards the Bering Sea. Its basin contains tundra, lakes and wetlands, and its lower waters provide a route between the interior and the coast. Long before a Russian town arose at the estuary, Indigenous peoples travelled and lived throughout this far northern region.