Traditional costume
Reindeer breeders of tundra (Nenets, Chukchi, Koryaks) and wild reindeer hunters (Nganasans, Ents).

Reindeer breeders of tundra (Nenets, Chukchi, Koryaks) and wild reindeer hunters (Nganasans, Ents).
Nature, which cannot be separated from the life of the northern peoples, has to a large extent formed their culture, occupations and way of life - nomadic or half-settled. For tundra inhabitants - Nenets, Chukchi, Koryaks who live in the severe Arctic conditions - the basis for the economic set-up was the consumer reindeer breeding. Reindeer breeders of tundra (Nenets, Chukchi, Koryaks) and wild reindeer hunters (Nganasans, Ents).
Ukrainians

Ukrainians


As the ancient song tells Ukrainians are the people that lives "facing the sun with the head turned towards the cart and legs - towards the sea". Whitened houses surrounded by the gardens, magnificent furnace glazed tiles and ceramics, joyful and merry fairs - all these are recognizable elements of rich traditional Ukrainian culture…… Ukrainians

Sea hunters

Sea hunters
The first nation meeting the new day on the territory of Russia is the Asian Eskimo (1292 people) who lives at the very edge of Chukotka - on the coast of the Bering Strait and the Gulf of Anadyr. Sea hunters
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