Condon

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Condon - rural settlement Sunny district of Khabarovsk Krai.
Situated on the right bank of the River. Nine (vellum with Nanai "huyun" - a nine). Condon from Nanai "condo" - cedar. Here the last limits of the spread of the tree.

The number of inhabitants, 480 people (400 Nanai). The population is mixed, but dominated Nanai-samagiry. Russian-Nanai it can still be heard on the streets of this village.

Condon is known throughout the world as a place for a sensational archaeological finds "Kondonskoy Venus": seniva.livejournal.com/24553.html. The finds are continuing and never stop to amaze: www.journaldalniyvostok.ru / izd_dom / native_priam / amur / Co ...

To get to the village can rail and road from Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The bus will take you from Komsomolsk here for 3 hours. Road dirt or military Betonka.
The main business is fishing collective farm "Sycan pokto" (Shining Path) and the hunting economy "Harpin".

The village stretches along the rivers. Cottages in the main types of relatively well-maintained.
The village has recently rebuilt a new school. Large bright and beautiful.
photo: udaff.com / mir / slavyan_kondon /