In Kamchatka, five Indigenous minority peoples — the Itelmens, Koryaks, Evens, Chukchi, and Aleuts — live across distant and sometimes hard-to-reach territories. Many young people leave their home villages to study or work in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the regional capital. Away from their communities, they learn to connect the modern worla with the traditions and memories of their ancestors.

The youth national ensemble KORITEV, founded in 2009, supports this connection. Its members combine traditional songs and dances with contemporary forms, exploring how culture can live in the present. For them, these practices are not staged performances but part of daily life — a way to stay connected to their origins and to each other.

KORITEV becomes a shared space where personal and collective identities intersect. Within it, participants find ways to be both members of Indigenous communities and citizens of modern Russia.