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Otyken (Old Turkic:𐰇𐱅𐰜𐰤, romanized: Ötüken;[1] Russian: Отукен, OH-too-kyen) is a Russian Siberian indigenous music group that mixes elements of local folk music with modern pop, incorporating traditional instruments, lyrics, and languages. 'Otyken' is a word that is used in Chulym and other Turkic[1] languages for a sacred land where warriors would lay down their arms and talk.[2][3][4] The band was formed in 2015 by Andrey Medonos, and their debut album was released in 2018.[2] As of May 2024, the group has over 2.5 million followers on Tiktok,[5] over 245,000 monthly listeners on Spotify,[6] and 820,000 subscribers on YouTube with over 200 million views.[7] The band members are of Siberian ethnicities and live in tiny villages along the Chulym river in the taiga of Krasnoyarsk Krai.
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