ro '), ▁or och on ▁(' a ▁rear er ▁of ▁rein de er '), ▁i le ▁(' a ▁human ▁being '), ▁etc . ▁At ▁one ▁time ▁or ▁another ▁trib al ▁design ations ▁and ▁place ▁names ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁used ▁as ▁self - design ations , ▁for ▁instance ▁man j ag ir , ▁b ira chen , ▁sol on , ▁etc . ▁Several ▁of ▁these ▁have ▁even ▁been ▁taken ▁for ▁separate ▁eth nic ▁entities . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁similarly ▁named ▁Si ber ian ▁group ▁called ▁the ▁Ev ens ▁( former ly ▁known ▁as ▁Lam uts ). ▁Although ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁Even ks , ▁the ▁Ev ens ▁are ▁now ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁separate ▁eth nic ▁group . ▁ ▁The ▁Even ks ▁are ▁spread ▁over ▁a ▁huge ▁territory ▁of ▁the ▁Si ber ian ▁ta iga ▁from ▁the ▁River ▁Ob ▁in ▁the ▁west ▁to ▁the ▁Ok hot sk ▁Sea ▁in ▁the ▁east , ▁and ▁from ▁the ▁Ar ctic ▁Ocean ▁in ▁the ▁north ▁to ▁Man ch uria ▁and ▁Sak hal in ▁in ▁the ▁south . ▁The ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁their ▁habitat ▁is ▁about ▁ 2 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0   km ². ▁In ▁all ▁of ▁Russia ▁only ▁the ▁Rus si ans ▁inhab it ▁a ▁larger ▁territory . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁administrative ▁structure , ▁the ▁Even ks ▁live , ▁from ▁west ▁to ▁east , ▁in ▁Ty umen ▁and ▁Tom sk ▁O bl asts , ▁K ras no yar sk ▁K rai ▁with ▁Even k ▁Aut onom ous ▁Ok rug , ▁Ir k