A rarity indeed. Today the speakers of the Orok language number only a few dozen. The Oroks are a small indigenous people of the north. How small? According to the 2010 census, Russia had 295 Oroks. The Orok language belongs to the Tungusic (Manchu-Tungus) language group. Not to be confused with the Oroch language, spoken by another small Tungusic people, the Orochs.
In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
