The Evens or Eveny (formerly known as the Lamuts, a term meaning "ocean people" in Even) are a people in Siberia and the Russian Far East.

They live in some of the regions of the Magadan Oblast and Kamchatka Krai and northern parts of Sakha east of the Lena River.

According to the 2002 census, there were 19,071 Evens in Russia.

They speak their own Even language, one of the Tungusic languages.

The Evens are close to the Evenks by their origins and culture.

Officially, they were considered to be of Orthodox faith since the 19th century, but the Evens managed to preserve different forms of pre-Christian beliefs, such as shamanism and the like.

The Evens used to be engaged in reindeer-breeding, hunting, fishing and trapping.

There were 104 Evens in Ukraine, 19 of whom speaking Eveni.

(Ukr.

Cen.

2001)The ancestors of the Evens were believed to have migrated from the Transbaikal area to the coastal areas of eastern Siberia.

The Ewen herders also rode their reindeer and used dogs for sledge animals.

The economy was supplemented by winter hunts to obtain wild game.

Hunters sometimes rode reindeer, sometimes moved along on wooden skis.