The Kamenschiks (Russian: каменщики) or Bukhtarman are a group of Russians who descend from the earliest settlers of South Siberia. They are Old Believers and originally lived along the Kerzhenets River in Nizhny Novgorod Governorate. They later moved to the banks of the Bukhtarma River.

Kamenschik settlements in the late 18th century

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  • Wixman, Ronald. The Peoples of the USSR, (Armonk: Sharpe, 1984) p. 32