Maltese people Maltese people The Maltese (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to Malta, and identified with the Maltese language. Malta is an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Included within the ethnic group defined by the Maltese people are the "Gozitans" (, ) who inhabit Malta's sister island, Gozo. The current Maltese people, characterised by the use of the Maltese language and by Roman Catholicism, are the descendants – through much mixing and hybridisation – of colonists from Sicily and Calabria who repopulated the Maltese islands in the beginning of the second millennium after a two-century lapse of
Nordenskiöld Archipelago Russky Island (остров Русский; "Ostrov Russkiy") . Located at the archipelago's northern end, this is the largest island of the Nordenskiöld group. The Vostyochnyye Islands (Восточные острова; "Vostyochnyye Ostrova", "Eastern Islands"), latitude 76° 38' N and longitude 97° 30' E. This group includes the Kolomeitsev Islands (острова Коломейцева; "Ostrova Kolomeytseva") . The southern extension of the wider archipelago, consisting of the islands located south of the Matisen Strait near and around Taymyr Island. Kolchak Island, located further south, is not geographically part of the wider Nordenskiöld Archipelago. This archipelago was first reported in 1740 by Nikifor Chekin, who accompanied Semion