The North: The ethnographic world of Ilya Samuilovich Gurvitch

Even - one of the indigenous peoples of the north-east Siberia

Sled dogs - irreplaceable companions and helpers of people of the North.

Without these animals, many geographical discoveries and human exploration of the Arctic would have been impossible.

A big family among the northerners was not only a blessing, but also an excuse for life on earth. Each person must have an heir, a continuer of the family. The absence of children was perceived as a great misfortune.

Most of the population then led a nomadic lifestyle.

In the complex economy of the majority of the northern peoples, fishing along with hunting and reindeer herding occupied an important role.

According to the 1959 population census, only 442 Yukagirs lived in the Soviet Union, including 419 in Yakutia and the Magadan region.

Traditional food of the Chukchi nationality is based on meat.

Man has been hunting since prehistoric times. With the development of human society, the ways and purposes of hunting changed. In the primitive society, hunting was one of the main sources of food, and was also part of rites and rituals.

The agro-industrial sector is leading in the economy of the northern regions of Yakutia.

Yaranga - the traditional home of the peoples of the Far North. These homes are regularly used by reindeer herders and now.

The nomadic community "Turvaurgin" exists to this day. As of 2010, there are 14,000 deer in the reindeer herding indigenous community Turvaurgin. Residents of Turvaurgin say: “As long as we have a deer, we will develop as a nation. If the deer disappears, then we will disappear with it.”

Walrus hunting is a traditional way of life and the preservation of the national culture of the indigenous peoples of the North. Sea-walrus tusks are a raw material for carved products; fat is used for heating and lighting. The durable skin is suitable as a raw material in the manufacture of ropes and for warming dwellings, as well as for boat trimming - traditional Chukchi canoes, and waterproof capes are made from the intestines and stomach.

Yukola is a fish from which bones and entrails are removed, dried in the open air. Unlike salted dried fish, yukola fish does not cause thirst, but it is stored longer.

"Omukanovo" - the national dance of the inhabitants of the village Russkoe Ustye.

In Chukotka, ornaments, beads on the accessories of girls are an integral part of traditional clothing. They have a certain value and are used as a talisman.

For indigenous people, traditional games, competitions and physical exercises have long been an independent activity, being an integral part of patriotic education, they were constantly used in everyday life.

Since ancient times, the indigenous population paid tribute to sacred sites. And today, such places are easy to identify by the cluster of multicolored ribbons in the trees.

Ritual dance of the shaman.

The only photo of the shaman.

The main tools for catching partridges are traps - loops of various designs.

Clothing Koryaks closest to the Chukchi. The material for summer and winter clothing was the skins of young deer. Other skins (dogs, foxes, wolves, wolverines) were used only for finishing outerwear or for sewing caps and mittens.

On the territory of Abyysky district in 2014-2015, sensational paleontological finds were found: the remains of a baby woolly rhinoceros, two cubs of a cave lion - the only predatory carcasses in the world.