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Ribnaia

Ribnaia

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Wade Hampton (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 7 ft (2.13 m)
About

on right bank of Yukon River, SW of Russian Mission, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

History of Ribnaia

Russian name meaning "fish," for a former Eskimo village reported as "Ruibnai," population 40, in the 1880 Census by Ivan Petroff (1881, p. 57) and as "Rybnia" (ibid., 1884, p. 12).