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This is the village of
Bakhtia In Siberia.
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Although it looks like winter to us,
it's already spring here.
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The village is located
In the heart' of Siberia...
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and we should' keep In mind
that this colossal landmass...
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is one and a half times
the size of the United States.
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The endless wilderness that surrounds
this place is known as the taiga.
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No roads or train lines traverse it'.
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There are only two ways
to reach this outpost'-
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one is by helicopter, the other by boat.
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The expanse In the foreground
is not solid' ground ..
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but the frozen-over Yenisey River...
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one of the largest'
waterways In Siberia.
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It' is only during
the few Ice-free months of summer ..
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that boats can also reach Bakhtia.
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Of the 300 or so inhabitants
of this village...
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a handful of them make their livelihood
as professional trappers.
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One of these men is Gennady Solovyev.
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Here he makes his way
into the wilderness...
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across an enormous frozen river
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He wants to show us
an essential tool of his profession.
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An animal would approach
and begin twisting the bait.
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The pressure is very light.
will just keep my hand in it.
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Let me show you.
See how light it is.
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There you go. The animal is trapped.
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This is how disarm the trap.
take away the bait.
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Remove the wooden linchpin so that
squirrels or mice don't steal them...
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put everything under the roof,
and that's it.
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Until next season.
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You are no hunter Without a dog.
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This one has short hair
because a Moscow dog breed is mixed in.
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Here, take a look at Zeena,
her male partner.
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He is a smart-looking one, no doubt.
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But he's stopped working in the taiga.
He is not interested in hunting animals.
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A freeloader, not a real dog any more.
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But he gets all the appropriate perks
a dog is entitled to.
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He chases after bitches all he Wants
and gets the best food.
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Have one male dog
who has really earned his keep.
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Now he is retired from active duty.
He is a pensioner.
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And I'll keep feeding him
for as long as he is alive.
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Come here and eat!
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The snow crust after a good frost
is very tough.
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No, don't think it'll support moose
and other big ones.
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But it is tough snow crust all right.
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It's great for bears and wolves
to really get around.
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But the poor moose have had it.
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If the snow is deep, they won't get far
on this kind of snow crust.
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Anyone can take advantage
of their helpless condition-
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anyone who is hungry or Wants
to make extra money- people, mean.
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This is the best time of the yeah.
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for Gennady to find'
the perfect piece of wood ..
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for the making of his
all-important skis.
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Here you are deciding
if the fiber will be straight or not.
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See, it's a bit twisted
and kind of leans to the right.
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If it's shaped like this from the top
along the center...
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it's straight fiber all right.
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If it's slanted a bit,
it means it's twisted...
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and you're going to get
a propeller-like board.
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A good wedge is a man's savior.
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In the olden days, a villager wouldn't
have much by way of tools-
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just a club and wedge.
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The wedge should have a gentle slope
and be very sharp.
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Make your wedge steep
and the wood will eject it.
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Of course, a good craftsman
will make good skis using good wood.
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Getting around in these
is sheer pleasure.
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You might have factory-made ones.
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If you and go into the
Woods, you'll drop
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dead from fatigue
after 15 kilometers.
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You won't be able to move a leg.
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Me, I'll just keep on skiing
Without a care in the world.
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�Without moss and wedge
to earn his bread,
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the carpenter would
long be dead."
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True, you can't do much
using one wedge.
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Take several of them,
and you can gradually lift anything.
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You can lift a house.
mean anything.
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It's so powerful.
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Try to split a tree like
this Without a wedge.
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There's no way.
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You're not upsetting the fibers.
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On a disk saw, if you
don't pay attention
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where you're setting
the board...
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it'll out laterally through the fibers,
and you've had it.
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A ski is very thin-
about two millimeters near the nose.
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If the board isn't straight-grained,
it'll start to bend and that'll be it.
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As they say, you can take away
anything from a man-
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his wealth and health and suchlike-
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but you can't take away
his craftsman skills.
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Once you learn a trade, you always know
your trade for the rest of your life.
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You agree?
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Naturally, you pick up things
from others as you go along-
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a bit here, a bit there,
add your own little improvements.
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You've got to see something.
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Someone's got to tell you something
and you will know.
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You can't reinvent the bicycle.
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All these techniques have been
invented long before your time...
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honed to perfection over the centuries.
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The Ice covering the river
is still solid...
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making it easy to travel
the vast distances...
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the trappers need to
prepare for their work
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Unlike sport hunting...
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preparation for professional trapping
is a year-round job.
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This is Anatoly Blume.
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He's tending one of his huntng cabins.
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Here, he removes the winter snow
so that the roof will not cave in.
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Firewood must be collected' now
so that It can dry during the summer
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Each hunter has a base hut...
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and a number of additional outlying huts
that need to be maintained
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That's a bear's trail.
He is out of his lair now.
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Remember we talked about
the snow crust- that
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it's strong enough for
the likes of him?
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Well, he's out and he'll go
and hunt some moose or deer.
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Guy needs his grub, right?
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All the provisions here
have to be secured against bears.
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They don't use glass for the windows...
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as glass is easily broken
during transportation or by bears.
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These are the claw marks
made by one of them.
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In spring,
with the sun higher upon the horizon...
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the snow becomes wet
and river water seeps through the fee.
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In the fall, the river will ice up
when fully flooded.
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After snow falls, the
water will drain...
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and the ice will be forced down
by the snow.
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A crack will develop through which
the water will flow under the snow..
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And this water will never freeze.
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If you ask me, industry and perseverance
is top of the agenda.
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Doubt if anyone would agree.
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But we all agree that greed is
the trapper's worst quality...
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which and my friends despise.
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Can tell you that.
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That's for sure.
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Making a few coins at any price.
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Setting up traps up until-
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up until the thaw...
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even when all you get
are pregnant females.
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Arming traps too early.
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It's only a few days into October,
but that guy is already arming traps.
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They tell him the sable isn't
coming out properly yet. it's black.
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�So what?" the guy would say.
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�Only a couple of coins,
that's true, but in my pocket.
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Otherwise the sable will run
to someone ease�s territory.�
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We despise this kind of trapper.
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Here, Gennady builds one of his traps...
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In the same simple manner
they have been built' for ages.
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Grandfather's traps- Whoever invented
them, his name is long forgotten.
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So many centuries have passed,
but we still use them...
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unable to invent something new.
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It is April, and the weather is warm,
plenty of daylight...
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the mosquitoes aren't out yet-
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time for trappers.
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Those living off trapping and wanting
to earn a bit to go out to the Woods.
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They will go into the taiga
for nearly four weeks...
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setting up their properties,
storing food and suchlike.
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Some will make new (koolyomka traps.
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Others will drive new paths
through the taiga.
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In short, folks are out working.
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Will come in the fall and finish it.
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It'll be a proper (koolyomka trap, all
right, While now it's just a spring job.
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We do have these large
territories, you see...
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so need to make a thousand of these,
give or take.
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Gennady marks the
location of his trap...
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so he can find it at the beginning
of the hunting season.
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His territory comprises
of some 1,500 square kilometers.
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This area was consigned to him
during Communist times...
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when he trapped for the state.
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came north in 1970
and was immediately employed.
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They told me to get ready.
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They gave me traps,
advanced some money, issued a gun.
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And me and my partner- we were both 20-
boarded a chopper.
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They showed us our site
and just left us there.
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We didn't have a radio.
We didn't have anything.
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They promised to bring some food
by New Year's Eve...
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a stove and some other stuff.
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We didn't have anything.
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My partner somehow
didn't prove equal to the challenge.
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Was left alone.
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They didn't bring anything
at the promised time.
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Well, things happen.
It's aviation after all.
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It's a long story, but survived-
interestingly enough.
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It was not like that island on TV
where they're all heroes...
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and catch and share crabs or scorpions.
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Me, was really struggling
for dear life...
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because snow fell
and had no winter clothes.
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There was no stove in the hut.
Just bread rusk to eat.
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Was lucky to have a good dog.
She really fed me.
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Thought was a hell
of a seasoned trapper.
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But when it really came down to it,
it turned out was a complete novice.
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That was my initial season.
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Was flown in on August 5
and brought back on February 20-
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some season.
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Well, matter of fact,
I don't think I blew it.
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The hunters return to the village.
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Here, the kids enjoy a last chance
at Ice-skating before the thaw
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May 1 marks a big day for Russia.
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It is their traditional Labor Day
and marks the end of the winter.
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Winter is burnt In effigy;.
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The appearance
of the first geese flying north...
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is a sure sign of spring.
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This is followed quickly
by May 9, Victory Day -
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the day the German army surrendered ..
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bringing an end
to the Second World' Wan
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This marks an event of epochal
proportians In Russian history...
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as more than 20 million Russians
lost' their lives In this wan
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Every family lost' someone.
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This sign marks a residence
of a veteran, a war hero.
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Everyone yelled and shouted.
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We screamed, �Hurrah!�
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asked, �What happened?�
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They said, �Yell hurrah. it's victory!�
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Then Stalin spoke on the radio.
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His Russian wasn't too good.
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We came out into the street
in the morning-
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overwhelmed by memories of the war,
he can no longer speak
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As if responding to the shots
fired In celebration...
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the fee of the Yenisey River
begins to break
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An entire landscape
starts to move north...
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towards the Arctic Ocean.
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Spring is the time to
build' dugout canoes.
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This man, Gennady Tiganov...
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belongs to the get native population
of this part of Siberia.
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He is their last' remaining
expert' boat builder
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Tools and techniques being used
are all traditional
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It' is essential to hollow out
the precise amount and no more.
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Markings point out
the positions of dowels
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which will be driven
into the hull.
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From the inside, this tells the
boat maker how deep he can carve.
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One of the last steps
is the widening of the canoe.
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Exposing the body to heat
makes the shape of the canoe permanent
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What remains is a layer of tar.
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The hunters head
out to test their new
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canoes with some fishing
and duck hunting.
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This week-long expedition
Is also the first time...
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these pups are being taken
out into the wilderness.
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The nets have been out overnight'...
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and, by morning,
Ice has formed around them.
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But it's a good time of year
for catching pike and other fish.
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The most dellicate fish will be smoked
for the season to come.
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Summer brings an abundance of life.
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This is a sable In short summer fur.
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Come winter, it' will be
the main quarry of the trappers.
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Even though the hunter
does not want to go for the reindeer...
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his dog can't help but give chase.
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00:24:30,358 --> 00:24:33,945
He has no chance, but try he must.
241
00:25:02,170 --> 00:25:07,195
Preparations are in full swing
for the upcoming trapping season.
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00:25:07,286 --> 00:25:11,352
This means stocking up
on as much fish as you can catch...
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to feed both man and dog.
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00:25:15,406 --> 00:25:18,677
Some of the pike can be real specimens.
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Negotiating the shallows of the river
becomes a real problem.
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The propeller has to be protected
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Summer Is the season for the hunters
to help each other build' new cabins.
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00:26:31,213 --> 00:26:35,312
The real challenge are the mosquitoes-
clouds of them.
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00:26:35,401 --> 00:26:42,477
Honestly, mosquitoes
are all right for me.
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00:26:42,563 --> 00:26:45,604
When you're busy,
you don't notice them that much.
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Here are the nails.
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You drive them in, leaving the tip.
And then you twist it, and that's it.
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00:27:03,505 --> 00:27:06,515
The hunters are so
self-reliant that they
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make virtually everything
themselves.
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00:27:09,611 --> 00:27:14,158
Chain saws are one of the few
modern tools they use.
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All right, the Window to Europe.
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00:27:38,707 --> 00:27:42,130
Moss and earth. In the cities,
they have special insulation.
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00:27:42,223 --> 00:27:44,687
Here, moss and earth are the insulation.
259
00:27:47,306 --> 00:27:53,390
We usually do it in the summer
after piling up logs in the spring.
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By early summer, the log frame is ready.
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00:27:56,675 --> 00:28:03,424
You now have to cover it to protect
it against rain, to let it dry...
262
00:28:03,516 --> 00:28:07,997
so that the hut is ready
by the start of the trapping season.
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00:28:08,089 --> 00:28:11,414
For good measure, we'll dig a cellar...
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00:28:11,510 --> 00:28:16,819
to store potatoes, onions.
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00:28:21,453 --> 00:28:27,983
On a warm day in a windless place,
the mosquitoes bite like crazy.
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00:28:28,072 --> 00:28:30,448
The best place is in the wind
close to your home.
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00:28:36,352 --> 00:28:41,095
The mosquitoes bite.
This dog is eaten up by mosquitoes.
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00:28:45,816 --> 00:28:48,476
As there is no corner drugstore...
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00:28:48,566 --> 00:28:52,055
the hunters have to make
their own insect repellent'.
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00:28:53,362 --> 00:28:56,370
The bark of birch trees
can be processed ..
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to produce a tar
which is equally as effective out there.
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I'll cover his face with tar,
and it'll be okay.
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00:29:58,393 --> 00:30:00,252
Use almost half a
liter of fish oil or
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some other kind of oil
for a glass of tar.
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00:30:04,660 --> 00:30:08,149
In the evening,
you have to go to the bathhouse.
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00:30:17,129 --> 00:30:20,618
Dogs stink with tar.
Their owners stink with tar.
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00:30:22,628 --> 00:30:26,314
Gennady now resumes
the making of his skis.
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00:30:31,580 --> 00:30:34,043
They make special skis for every season.
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00:30:35,897 --> 00:30:40,061
Even in the fall when the snow cover's
thin, it's hard to move Without skis...
280
00:30:40,149 --> 00:30:45,208
because you Walk knee-deep in moss
and, later, in snow.
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00:30:45,297 --> 00:30:48,949
Small skis are great for this.
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00:30:49,037 --> 00:30:53,714
That's why they make them crude-
strong and small.
283
00:31:31,976 --> 00:31:34,473
Here is quite a thin board.
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00:31:37,283 --> 00:31:39,606
If it were not made
from a straight-grained
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00:31:39,607 --> 00:31:41,928
wood, it would have
broken at once.
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00:31:48,377 --> 00:31:52,989
He puts the tip of the plank
into boilling water for a few hours...
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00:31:53,077 --> 00:31:55,803
In order to make it pliable.
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00:31:55,891 --> 00:32:00,633
He passes this age-old' technique
on to his son.
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00:32:08,488 --> 00:32:10,222
Now look, Kirill.
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00:32:10,311 --> 00:32:15,173
You don't press here.
You press on the ski here. Get it?
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00:32:15,937 --> 00:32:21,062
And you have to apply pressure smoothly
for the wood to get used to it.
292
00:32:21,149 --> 00:32:22,621
See how it bends?
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00:32:23,228 --> 00:32:26,204
If you press too quickly,
it opens cracks.
294
00:32:29,334 --> 00:32:33,913
So take this and lift it slowly.
295
00:32:36,527 --> 00:32:38,675
Slowly, slowly, okay.
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00:32:41,611 --> 00:32:43,312
Lift some more.
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00:32:48,037 --> 00:32:52,998
The point of the ski is sharpened
after bending.
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00:32:53,089 --> 00:32:55,913
If you start bending a sharpened ski...
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00:32:57,629 --> 00:33:01,183
the tip will be here
and the ski will crack here.
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00:33:02,042 --> 00:33:06,043
That's What you'll get.
You understand?
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The bend doesn't lose its shape.
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00:33:15,982 --> 00:33:22,349
You temper it, then keep it
for some more time in this frame.
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00:33:23,015 --> 00:33:25,926
And that's it. It will never unbend.
304
00:33:34,238 --> 00:33:37,345
From further upriver comes driftwood
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00:33:37,435 --> 00:33:41,338
The villagers gather it'
as free firewood for the winter.
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00:33:54,060 --> 00:33:57,995
The few remaining Ket people
earn money this way.
307
00:33:58,089 --> 00:34:01,840
It's one of the few menial jobs
left for them.
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00:34:13,052 --> 00:34:17,021
They ha I've largely forgotten
their traditional craftsmanship...
309
00:34:17,113 --> 00:34:20,187
and most of them
have problems with alcohol
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00:34:20,278 --> 00:34:24,791
am making skis. have bent the tips.
311
00:34:24,882 --> 00:34:27,444
Only don't have a jack plane.
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00:34:27,535 --> 00:34:29,999
When get one, I'll finish the job.
313
00:34:41,667 --> 00:34:47,587
Only a single old Ket woman is left
who still remembers the old ways.
314
00:34:47,678 --> 00:34:51,941
These mysterious dolls
are protective spirits.
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00:34:52,026 --> 00:34:53,944
During day, they sleep...
316
00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:57,398
but at night they awaken
to guard the home.
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00:35:09,227 --> 00:35:12,813
That night', her son is careless
with a cigarette butt...
318
00:35:12,904 --> 00:35:14,954
and their house catches fire.
319
00:35:19,906 --> 00:35:23,460
Yet, another loss
is more painful for him.
320
00:35:23,551 --> 00:35:25,698
It's a shame don't have my doll.
321
00:35:25,788 --> 00:35:30,913
My house burned to the ground
together with the dolls.
322
00:35:50,823 --> 00:35:52,556
Our old folks have all died.
323
00:35:52,645 --> 00:35:55,436
And there are not many young people.
324
00:35:57,153 --> 00:36:01,285
In the old days, we lived in tents
and the young learned from the old
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00:36:01,373 --> 00:36:05,211
Now you see a lot of that is forgotten.
326
00:36:05,307 --> 00:36:06,811
- You see we're drunk
and we do odd jobs.
327
00:36:06,812 --> 00:36:08,316
- Hey, you!
328
00:36:08,408 --> 00:36:11,765
- Hey, shut up! Shut up!
- What?
329
00:36:14,035 --> 00:36:15,572
The Russians are to blame!
330
00:36:15,665 --> 00:36:17,268
Without the Russians,
there wouldn't have been vodka.
331
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:18,996
No, it's our own fault.
332
00:36:19,630 --> 00:36:23,413
Some people live well.
333
00:36:23,498 --> 00:36:27,467
If you want, you can live and work.
334
00:36:27,559 --> 00:36:31,342
If not, What else can you do but drink?
335
00:36:31,428 --> 00:36:34,600
As for who is to blame, don't know.
It's a tough question to answer.
336
00:37:19,418 --> 00:37:24,607
Summer In Its fullest display-
swallows, boats.
337
00:37:24,694 --> 00:37:27,550
Daylight lasts 20 hours.
338
00:37:31,376 --> 00:37:34,581
This is the time
when big ships show up...
339
00:37:34,668 --> 00:37:37,132
some of them even tourist cruisers.
340
00:37:50,335 --> 00:37:52,320
It's gardening season.
341
00:37:52,414 --> 00:37:55,902
Greenhouses are being fixed
and manure spread
342
00:38:02,773 --> 00:38:05,204
With the days so abundantly long...
343
00:38:05,299 --> 00:38:08,406
vegetables grow here
at an incredible rate.
344
00:38:20,357 --> 00:38:25,001
One of the first signs that the
short summer Is coming to an end..
345
00:38:25,089 --> 00:38:28,611
Is the chipmunks out
collecting pine nuts.
346
00:38:29,661 --> 00:38:32,354
Humans do the same In their own way;.
347
00:38:51,914 --> 00:38:53,517
There are few cones this year.
348
00:39:00,323 --> 00:39:03,147
The trappers can estimate
from the number of cones...
349
00:39:03,232 --> 00:39:06,688
whether ifs going to be
a good hunting year or not
350
00:39:06,781 --> 00:39:10,619
as the nuts are a staple food
for the sable.
351
00:39:18,547 --> 00:39:22,003
Grinding the cones
makes It easier to get the nuts...
352
00:39:22,095 --> 00:39:26,379
which provide another food source
for the hunters during the winter
353
00:39:38,209 --> 00:39:40,553
Pouring the grounds into the wind...
354
00:39:40,639 --> 00:39:44,128
is similar to separating the wheat
from the chaff.?
355
00:40:03,787 --> 00:40:07,090
Now the first rains start'.
356
00:40:07,176 --> 00:40:09,422
Summer will soon be oven
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00:40:17,823 --> 00:40:20,766
So while the river is still navigable...
358
00:40:20,860 --> 00:40:24,185
a strange visitor arrives with company
359
00:40:24,282 --> 00:40:27,323
It' is a candidate seeking reelection.
360
00:40:27,414 --> 00:40:30,118
For four years, people
In Bakhtia have not
361
00:40:30,119 --> 00:40:32,822
seen a single politician
caring for them...
362
00:40:32,915 --> 00:40:38,104
but, here now there is one campaingning
vigorously for their votes.
363
00:40:38,189 --> 00:40:43,183
He promises transparent government
and the expunging of corruption-
364
00:40:43,273 --> 00:40:46,543
a clean leadership once and for all
365
00:40:46,630 --> 00:40:49,868
But' he does not fail to deliver
the goods anyway-
366
00:40:49,955 --> 00:40:54,752
sacks of wheat for his constituency
and even a little snow
367
00:40:56,158 --> 00:41:00,508
Only the young people
seem to be able to get into the groove.
368
00:41:04,503 --> 00:41:08,340
And now the candidate
bursts out In song himself..
369
00:41:10,002 --> 00:41:12,281
backed by his cheerleaders.
370
00:41:20,105 --> 00:41:23,758
The voters, apparently
couldn�t' care less.
371
00:41:50,862 --> 00:41:53,141
Fall has arrived
372
00:41:53,229 --> 00:41:55,147
It' is time to harvest...
373
00:41:55,243 --> 00:41:59,561
and begin serious preparations
for the fast-approaching cold.
374
00:42:18,007 --> 00:42:21,594
Days grow short',
and fishing is good now
375
00:43:30,424 --> 00:43:34,490
At night, the trappers go out
onto the river.
376
00:43:34,580 --> 00:43:40,054
Every type of fish has Its specific time
when it' comes close to the shore.
377
00:43:40,144 --> 00:43:44,756
The only species of fresh water 000'
can be stalked now..
378
00:43:44,844 --> 00:43:47,787
using almost prehistoric tools.
379
00:43:49,191 --> 00:43:52,048
The light of the fire attracts the fish.
380
00:44:14,194 --> 00:44:17,432
Storms from the north suddenly set In.
381
00:44:34,976 --> 00:44:38,214
The clouds carry rain
that falls for weeks...
382
00:44:38,301 --> 00:44:40,166
and this is important for the hunters.
383
00:44:42,170 --> 00:44:44,416
The level of the river rises...
384
00:44:44,504 --> 00:44:48,887
and now they can transport'
their heavy gear into the wilderness.
385
00:45:20,792 --> 00:45:25,305
The most important' things, like bread
are loaded last'.
386
00:45:25,396 --> 00:45:28,918
The trappers order bread In advance
from the bakery.
387
00:45:29,009 --> 00:45:31,385
Half a loaf per day will do.
388
00:45:33,134 --> 00:45:36,045
And now comes the moment of departure.
389
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:43,750
Good luck. Come back healthy.
390
00:45:45,347 --> 00:45:47,462
Don't worry about us.
We'll be all right.
391
00:45:47,553 --> 00:45:50,180
Keep your fingers crossed
that we come back.
392
00:45:51,677 --> 00:45:56,507
The occasion is celebrated with vodka-
vicious as jet' fuel
393
00:46:12,875 --> 00:46:15,982
I have tried all sorts of jobs
here on the collective farm...
394
00:46:16,072 --> 00:46:22,123
but hunting is the best-
just the ticket.
395
00:46:23,425 --> 00:46:26,882
Nobody tells me What to do.
can hunt or rest.
396
00:46:30,331 --> 00:46:31,967
Am my own man.
397
00:46:32,570 --> 00:46:35,394
And hunting is great fun.
398
00:47:03,839 --> 00:47:05,704
Now out on their own...
399
00:47:05,789 --> 00:47:10,553
the trappers become
what they essentially are- happy people.
400
00:47:10,649 --> 00:47:15,032
Accompanied only by their dogs,
they live off the land.
401
00:47:15,125 --> 00:47:17,523
They are completely self-reliant.
402
00:47:19,889 --> 00:47:21,655
They are truly free.
403
00:47:21,743 --> 00:47:24,851
No rules, no taxes, no government...
404
00:47:24,941 --> 00:47:27,023
no laws, no bureaucracy
405
00:47:27,115 --> 00:47:29,132
No phones, no radio.
406
00:47:29,225 --> 00:47:34,599
Equipped only with their individual
values and standard of conduct.
407
00:47:35,587 --> 00:47:40,003
Mikhail Tarkovsky-
from the family of the famous filmmaker-
408
00:47:40,096 --> 00:47:43,039
knows what it' takes to live out here.
409
00:47:43,132 --> 00:47:47,450
And the first thing is to be able
to ha navigate the river in high water
410
00:48:16,703 --> 00:48:21,761
Anatoly Blume sets out on a different'
tributary of the Yenisei;...
411
00:48:21,851 --> 00:48:26,331
and Gennady and his son
on their respective branch of the river.
412
00:48:27,191 --> 00:48:28,826
It's tough going.
413
00:48:45,446 --> 00:48:50,156
In some places, the
rapids are so strong...
414
00:48:50,242 --> 00:48:57,220
that the outboard motor
cannot overcome the current.
415
00:48:58,236 --> 00:49:00,417
So you have to have these long ropes.
416
00:49:00,506 --> 00:49:05,335
Sometimes even the two of us
cannot drag it against the current.
417
00:49:05,429 --> 00:49:07,130
It's a very hard river to run.
418
00:49:07,220 --> 00:49:13,238
The rapids are so strong that you can
only cover 25 to 30 kilometers a day.
419
00:49:15,468 --> 00:49:20,690
Gennady's son sets out
for his own territory further upriver.
420
00:49:20,776 --> 00:49:25,933
�Every man has his own destiny;,
his own plan, his own Territory..
421
00:49:26,019 --> 00:49:28,810
says Gennady In a pensive mood
422
00:49:35,067 --> 00:49:41,914
You bring the main supplies to the huts
on the bank when the water is high-
423
00:49:42,006 --> 00:49:46,552
grits, food for the dogs-
and you store it all safely up high.
424
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:51,667
At this time of year,
the bears are still around ..
425
00:49:51,756 --> 00:49:54,798
posing a threat to the
trappers' provisians.
426
00:50:12,635 --> 00:50:15,360
Bears are the real enemy
of the trappers...
427
00:50:15,448 --> 00:50:19,613
wreaking all kinds of ha vac
to both hut and trap.
428
00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:37,675
This is a bear's work.
429
00:50:37,765 --> 00:50:41,319
You often feel,
to hell with your skin or meat...
430
00:50:41,410 --> 00:50:44,996
as long as you keep away from my traps.
431
00:50:45,086 --> 00:50:46,307
It's attracted by the smell.
432
00:50:46,397 --> 00:50:47,934
It knows it can't find any food...
433
00:50:48,028 --> 00:50:50,459
but it goes in and smashes
everything all the same.
434
00:50:53,240 --> 00:50:56,118
So you check the huts, fix the traps...
435
00:50:56,213 --> 00:50:58,427
and you may catch
some fish or fowl as well.
436
00:51:25,596 --> 00:51:29,946
Gennady rewards his dogs
with the neck and feet of the woodcock
437
00:51:39,823 --> 00:51:42,200
For now the river still flows free...
438
00:51:42,285 --> 00:51:46,220
but the first signs of
frost are appearing.
439
00:51:46,313 --> 00:51:49,998
The trappers rush to catch
as much pike as they can...
440
00:51:50,087 --> 00:51:51,755
mostly for their dogs.
441
00:51:51,845 --> 00:51:56,674
Half a dozen pikes like these
for every hut is just about enough.
442
00:52:07,255 --> 00:52:11,224
Mikhail has his own unorthodox
fishing techniques.
443
00:52:35,135 --> 00:52:40,030
The bears are no longer around
having gone off into hibernation.
444
00:52:40,122 --> 00:52:43,927
Pro visions now can be stored
within;}? easy reach.
445
00:52:51,569 --> 00:52:53,434
The only threat are mice...
446
00:52:53,519 --> 00:52:56,724
and the plastic will per vent them
from getting up the tree.
447
00:53:06,500 --> 00:53:12,420
You see that everything
is going forward as it should.
448
00:53:12,511 --> 00:53:15,552
It gives you a sense
of a job being done.
449
00:53:15,644 --> 00:53:20,060
It is not you who is doing it,
but you still feel part of it.
450
00:53:20,759 --> 00:53:24,923
Half-frozen water or slush ice
is called shuga.
451
00:53:25,012 --> 00:53:30,964
This one is still soft with snow.
452
00:53:31,054 --> 00:53:33,813
You can still ride in a boat on it.
453
00:53:37,832 --> 00:53:40,874
We are moving from early to late fall.
454
00:53:40,966 --> 00:53:45,763
The boat runs to deliver supplies.
455
00:53:47,328 --> 00:53:49,509
You are full of worry-
anxious to get the supplies...
456
00:53:49,598 --> 00:53:52,095
not to drop them in the water...
457
00:53:52,188 --> 00:53:56,669
to make it to the hut, put the hut in
order and move oh to the next one.
458
00:53:58,870 --> 00:54:01,367
We are moving deeper and deeper
into the fall season.
459
00:54:06,992 --> 00:54:10,829
This bright weather and light frost
comes as a relief after the rains.
460
00:54:10,924 --> 00:54:13,164
There is nothing like
warming yourself and
461
00:54:13,165 --> 00:54:15,405
having a cup of tea
to make you happy
462
00:54:15,496 --> 00:54:18,853
it's not like anything else.
463
00:54:28,445 --> 00:54:34,365
When came here, had a feeling
that my dream had come true.
464
00:54:34,456 --> 00:54:37,181
You enjoy the beauty of nature,
and you do your job at the same time.
465
00:54:37,269 --> 00:54:43,385
That's why they all end up
by being hunters.
466
00:54:43,472 --> 00:54:48,563
Because hunting brings you closer
to the taiga than anything else.
467
00:54:53,639 --> 00:54:56,463
Here we are. Another hut is ready.
468
00:54:56,548 --> 00:55:00,005
Turn the bucket upside down
so it doesn't fill with water.
469
00:55:00,098 --> 00:55:05,058
Everything hangs in its proper place,
and I've made the cabin ready.
470
00:55:05,149 --> 00:55:08,736
Inside the hut everything also hangs
from the ceiling- grits, sugar-
471
00:55:08,826 --> 00:55:10,875
so that the mice don't eat them.
472
00:55:10,967 --> 00:55:13,311
Everything is fine.
473
00:55:13,397 --> 00:55:15,861
Have split firewood and stacked it.
474
00:55:15,955 --> 00:55:17,688
The food is here.
475
00:55:17,777 --> 00:55:21,615
In short, I've put another hut in order,
thank God.
476
00:55:24,108 --> 00:55:25,842
Come on, Reddie.
477
00:55:56,273 --> 00:56:00,950
The onslaught of Ice
puts Mikhail boat In leopard;.
478
00:56:01,036 --> 00:56:03,565
It's time to secure it for the winter.
479
00:56:56,923 --> 00:57:02,113
Mikhail uses a different', more
recognizable type of traditional trap.
480
00:57:25,571 --> 00:57:30,597
This is called an ochep- a steel trap.
481
00:57:30,687 --> 00:57:32,868
It acts when the animal steps in it.
482
00:57:32,957 --> 00:57:35,039
When the animal begins to struggle...
483
00:57:35,131 --> 00:57:41,661
the end of the ochep is released,
and it jerks up.
484
00:57:41,748 --> 00:57:47,385
Then neither a fox nor a marten
nor a mouse will get to it.
485
00:57:47,472 --> 00:57:49,336
You try to put it closer to the edge...
486
00:57:49,422 --> 00:57:51,439
but make sure it isn't thrown down
by the wind or snow.
487
00:57:52,363 --> 00:57:56,397
The branches protect the trap
from getting snowed over
488
00:58:09,980 --> 00:58:12,673
The enormity of solitude sets In.
489
00:58:13,817 --> 00:58:16,575
His only companion is his dog.
490
00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:29,996
For the hunter, of course, the important
thing is that the dog works for him.
491
00:58:30,890 --> 00:58:32,656
But you become attached to it.
492
00:58:34,471 --> 00:58:41,383
Sometimes the dog
becomes a member of your family.
493
00:58:41,473 --> 00:58:43,424
The dog feeds us.
494
00:58:45,373 --> 00:58:49,505
You are no hunter Without a dog.
495
00:58:50,968 --> 00:58:55,002
At three months,
can tell a good dog Without fail.
496
00:58:55,094 --> 00:59:00,436
The puppy begins to stalk the cat,
sniffs at its footprints.
497
00:59:00,528 --> 00:59:02,546
It attacks chickens- anything.
498
00:59:02,638 --> 00:59:08,209
If you want to have a good dog,
take puppies from good dogs.
499
00:59:08,298 --> 00:59:11,535
And of course,
it depends on how you bring it up.
500
00:59:11,623 --> 00:59:14,566
If you take a good puppy
and put it inside
501
00:59:14,567 --> 00:59:17,510
and keep it there
for six months...
502
00:59:17,602 --> 00:59:22,214
surely it won't make a good hunter
when you take it into the taiga.
503
00:59:32,373 --> 00:59:36,690
An all-purpose dog is hard to come by.
504
00:59:36,785 --> 00:59:39,184
If a dog likes to chase moose...
505
00:59:39,278 --> 00:59:43,313
there's no way you can force it
to chase squirrels.
506
00:59:43,404 --> 00:59:45,867
If the dog hears the squirrel,
it will bark a couple of times...
507
00:59:45,961 --> 00:59:47,879
but won't go looking for it.
508
00:59:47,975 --> 00:59:51,399
So if you are unhappy with such a dog,
get yourself another one.
509
00:59:51,492 --> 00:59:53,258
If that one does not suit you,
get yet another one.
510
00:59:53,347 --> 00:59:55,178
The more dogs you change...
511
00:59:55,265 --> 00:59:58,918
the more chance you have
to get a dog that's just right for you.
512
01:02:28,988 --> 01:02:31,680
Had about four.
513
01:02:31,769 --> 01:02:34,648
Typically, good dogs don't live long.
514
01:02:35,509 --> 01:02:40,154
Out of these four,
only one survived till he was 1
515
01:02:40,242 --> 01:02:44,592
The rest died in their prime-
ages four to five.
516
01:02:46,060 --> 01:02:51,599
My last dog was a bitch called Smoky.
517
01:02:51,688 --> 01:02:54,544
It happened that a bear
came to the village.
518
01:02:54,629 --> 01:02:58,631
When the bear roared,
all the village dogs vanished.
519
01:02:58,722 --> 01:03:02,309
Released my male dog...
520
01:03:02,399 --> 01:03:06,530
but he just barked at the bear
a couple of times and fell silent.
521
01:03:06,619 --> 01:03:09,759
Sensed that there was
something wrong.
522
01:03:12,885 --> 01:03:20,080
When reached the place,
heard my bitch, Smoky...
523
01:03:20,175 --> 01:03:22,160
coughing and spitting
out the bear's hair.
524
01:03:22,253 --> 01:03:27,311
She bit him several times,
and then she squealed and Went silent.
525
01:03:27,401 --> 01:03:30,192
By that time, was already on the spot.
526
01:03:30,279 --> 01:03:37,158
Saw the bear lying on the cow path
tearing at my clog.
527
01:03:37,248 --> 01:03:44,771
Approached the bear
and took aim at his head.
528
01:03:45,977 --> 01:03:51,035
But before pulled the trigger,
he heard me and raised his head...
529
01:03:51,125 --> 01:03:55,093
and shot him in his front paw
530
01:03:55,184 --> 01:03:58,292
The bullet made just a scratch.
531
01:03:58,382 --> 01:04:00,595
He Went for me.
532
01:04:02,283 --> 01:04:06,796
He was so close, nearly touched him
with the barrel of my rifle.
533
01:04:06,886 --> 01:04:12,011
He approached me,
and shot him point-blank.
534
01:04:12,098 --> 01:04:14,954
The bullet pushed him back. got him.
535
01:04:17,405 --> 01:04:19,804
Smoky was still alive.
536
01:04:19,900 --> 01:04:24,479
The male dog was torn to pieces.
537
01:04:24,567 --> 01:04:29,015
Grabbed Smoky in my arms...
538
01:04:29,107 --> 01:04:33,969
and then I saw that her belly had
been torn and her bowels were out.
539
01:04:34,063 --> 01:04:36,374
Thought I could still save her...
540
01:04:36,461 --> 01:04:39,634
and ran to the nurse Without
paying any attention to the bear.
541
01:04:40,234 --> 01:04:45,740
Ran about 30, 40 meters
before saw that her head drooped.
542
01:04:45,829 --> 01:04:48,292
She was gone.
543
01:04:48,386 --> 01:04:50,763
Was oven/vheirned with sadness.
544
01:05:55,240 --> 01:05:56,909
Back In the village.
545
01:05:57,958 --> 01:06:01,098
Like the trappers out In the taiga...
546
01:06:01,187 --> 01:06:05,418
the villagers must also
be completely self-reliant.
547
01:06:05,504 --> 01:06:09,189
Because no supplies can be
brought In during the winter..
548
01:06:09,276 --> 01:06:12,318
they must make everything they need
by hand
549
01:06:42,112 --> 01:06:45,317
You see, we drop the net,
and the net goes down.
550
01:06:56,500 --> 01:06:59,737
If you feel the rope doesn't play,
don't pull too hard.
551
01:07:10,439 --> 01:07:12,423
That's it.
552
01:07:12,517 --> 01:07:18,502
We wait for pike
or whatever fish we can catch.
553
01:07:22,173 --> 01:07:26,817
Temperatures have dropped by now
below minus 50 degrees...
554
01:07:26,905 --> 01:07:29,151
and the days are growing short'.
555
01:07:48,805 --> 01:07:52,130
The Yenisei River
is completely frozen oven ..
556
01:07:52,227 --> 01:07:55,683
but still provides fish In abundance.
557
01:08:01,083 --> 01:08:03,514
We feed fish to the dogs...
558
01:08:03,609 --> 01:08:06,171
and we eat it ourselves round the year.
559
01:08:06,263 --> 01:08:09,533
Sometimes we fry it,
sometimes make fish soup.
560
01:08:09,620 --> 01:08:12,825
There is nothing like fresh fish,
whatever kind.
561
01:08:14,607 --> 01:08:16,472
Lenok. That's a great fish.
562
01:08:23,880 --> 01:08:25,297
Pull some more.
563
01:08:26,309 --> 01:08:30,692
We see something there.
A lot of good fish!
564
01:08:30,786 --> 01:08:32,290
See how much fish!
565
01:08:33,759 --> 01:08:37,248
Cover it up so it doesn't freeze.
566
01:08:38,426 --> 01:08:39,898
Out In the taiga...
567
01:08:39,993 --> 01:08:45,716
Gennady negotiates his territory
along his frozen tributary
568
01:08:45,812 --> 01:08:49,682
From here,
he will branch out to hum' sable.
569
01:08:53,230 --> 01:08:56,816
Everybody specializes in sable
because squirrels are cheap.
570
01:08:56,906 --> 01:08:59,882
And as for ermine, you are lucky
if you can get one or two.
571
01:08:59,976 --> 01:09:03,214
This one will be rejected
because it's too small.
572
01:09:03,301 --> 01:09:05,351
They now accept only large ermine.
573
01:09:07,074 --> 01:09:08,513
And the prices are ridiculous.
574
01:09:08,609 --> 01:09:11,684
A good big ermine is about 125 rubles.
575
01:09:11,774 --> 01:09:13,889
Of course the sable feeds us.
576
01:09:13,980 --> 01:09:18,493
Prices seem to be going up,
and money is losing value.
577
01:09:18,584 --> 01:09:22,389
Now have to pay 1,500 rubles
for What used to buy for 20 rubles.
578
01:09:22,485 --> 01:09:27,227
The traps are laid' out
along loops that take a day to travel.
579
01:09:27,312 --> 01:09:32,851
This way;, he can safely reach
one of his outlying huts by nightfall
580
01:10:04,112 --> 01:10:09,422
This contraption- the lid,
the sticks and all-
581
01:10:09,516 --> 01:10:13,647
and the footprints near
the trap attract him.
582
01:10:16,326 --> 01:10:18,440
This is how you set up the (koolyomka.
583
01:10:36,628 --> 01:10:38,710
The triggering DE vice of his trap...
584
01:10:38,802 --> 01:10:42,073
is a primitive
yet sophisticated mechanism.
585
01:10:51,847 --> 01:10:59,588
This (koolyomka near the hut
traps some animals every year.
586
01:10:59,680 --> 01:11:01,632
The difference between
a dead fall trap and a steel trap...
587
01:11:01,726 --> 01:11:03,940
is that a sable that is hungry
will ignore the steel trap...
588
01:11:04,028 --> 01:11:06,274
but the trick does not work
with the (koolyomka.
589
01:11:06,362 --> 01:11:11,039
Whatever he does, once he pulls
at the bait, it comes down oh it.
590
01:11:11,126 --> 01:11:13,433
The pelts have no bloodstains.
591
01:11:13,434 --> 01:11:15,738
The animal is as good
as if it were alive.
592
01:11:16,337 --> 01:11:21,199
It's a humane method
because it kills at once.
593
01:11:28,167 --> 01:11:31,525
Come to think of it,
we are all killers or accomplices.
594
01:11:33,059 --> 01:11:39,905
Even those people who are kind-hearted
and tend to pity everything.
595
01:11:41,276 --> 01:11:43,870
Why? it's very simple.
596
01:11:43,961 --> 01:11:46,905
A farmer keeps a pig...
597
01:11:46,999 --> 01:11:49,692
but he knows in advance
What he keeps it for.
598
01:11:49,781 --> 01:11:53,815
In order to kill it
and to eat it or sell its meat.
599
01:11:53,905 --> 01:11:57,143
And even the person who is sorry about
all this buys the pork from him.
600
01:11:58,733 --> 01:12:03,629
And the trapper
is the same as that pig farmer...
601
01:12:03,721 --> 01:12:08,997
only he is- how would you say it-
more honest.
602
01:12:10,435 --> 01:12:12,353
Actually, it's not even about honesty.
603
01:12:12,449 --> 01:12:14,760
This man knowingly raises-
604
01:12:16,254 --> 01:12:21,083
I used to raise cattle, and I could
never bring myself to slaughter them.
605
01:12:21,177 --> 01:12:25,789
Because there is, say, a bull.
You raise him for two years.
606
01:12:25,877 --> 01:12:31,546
It comes to you expecting you to show
affection or give it some treat...
607
01:12:31,632 --> 01:12:34,292
and instead he gets a
bullet in the head.
608
01:12:35,373 --> 01:12:43,179
In the taiga, the Wild animal knows that
no good can come from me, from a man.
609
01:12:43,814 --> 01:12:47,303
He tries to escape.
Here, it's about who outsmarts whom.
610
01:13:34,394 --> 01:13:37,818
Hundreds of kilometers away
is Anatoly's hut.
611
01:13:39,030 --> 01:13:42,202
He Is In the middle
of his trapping season.
612
01:13:42,291 --> 01:13:45,332
While we see
that he has no shortage of fish...
613
01:13:45,424 --> 01:13:49,654
it is conspicuous how little
he gives his dog for breakfast.
614
01:13:58,821 --> 01:14:00,773
It all depends on how a man
treats his dog.
615
01:14:00,866 --> 01:14:03,494
Some guys almost eat
from the same bowl with the dog...
616
01:14:03,584 --> 01:14:05,960
and allow it to sleep
with him on the bunk.
617
01:14:07,741 --> 01:14:09,922
But for one think it's wrong.
618
01:14:10,011 --> 01:14:12,354
Don't allow my dog in
even when it's very cold outside.
619
01:14:12,441 --> 01:14:14,010
He has his katukh, his shelter.
620
01:14:18,899 --> 01:14:21,046
Think all he needs is to be fed.
621
01:14:21,137 --> 01:14:25,171
He should eat his fill in the evening,
but not too much in the morning...
622
01:14:25,262 --> 01:14:27,279
so his belly doesn't
drag on the ground.
623
01:14:29,450 --> 01:14:35,653
Trappers make a big mistake when they
beat their dogs for touching the traps.
624
01:14:37,027 --> 01:14:41,475
Of course you have to punish them
and show your displeasure...
625
01:14:44,413 --> 01:14:47,389
but beating alone
won't keep a dog off the traps.
626
01:14:47,482 --> 01:14:50,274
It comes to be afraid of the owner.
627
01:14:50,360 --> 01:14:52,955
It stays clear of the trap
in the presence of the owner...
628
01:14:53,046 --> 01:14:57,047
but when the owner looks away, or at
night, he is sure to steal the bait.
629
01:14:58,002 --> 01:15:01,305
And if it's afraid of the trap,
then it will stay away.
630
01:15:03,404 --> 01:15:05,040
It's easy to train them.
631
01:15:07,689 --> 01:15:11,014
You set up a trap specifically for dogs.
632
01:15:12,389 --> 01:15:16,423
Let it spend some time in the trap...
633
01:15:16,513 --> 01:15:19,871
and realize that it's not
a pleasant experience.
634
01:15:21,277 --> 01:15:24,417
Otherwise, it will be endless trouble
for the hunter...
635
01:15:24,506 --> 01:15:27,330
and he won't get along with his dog.
636
01:15:27,416 --> 01:15:29,787
It will be afraid of
him and sneak out at
637
01:15:29,788 --> 01:15:32,158
night to make the
rounds of the traps...
638
01:15:32,243 --> 01:15:34,871
and waste the hunter's efforts.
639
01:15:34,961 --> 01:15:38,133
In short, you'll have no end of trouble
with your dog.
640
01:15:38,222 --> 01:15:40,817
If you do it right, your dog loves you
and it's afraid of the traps.
641
01:15:40,908 --> 01:15:42,544
What more do you need?
642
01:16:55,531 --> 01:17:01,004
The snowmobile is another one of the few
modern conveniences they employ;...
643
01:17:01,094 --> 01:17:04,267
but, In this terrain, it has its limits.
644
01:17:27,087 --> 01:17:30,195
Continuing his rounds on skis...
645
01:17:30,285 --> 01:17:35,027
he resembles prehistoric man
from a distand' Ice age.
646
01:18:44,620 --> 01:18:50,889
Day In, day out - it is the same routine
of hard work In severe conditions.
647
01:18:51,750 --> 01:18:54,923
But out here,
the trapper is one of the fem.
648
01:18:55,012 --> 01:18:59,591
to witness the beauty of space,
cold' and silence.
649
01:19:57,102 --> 01:20:01,419
Imagine, after being exhausted
at the end of a hard day...
650
01:20:01,513 --> 01:20:03,563
you are coming home to this.
651
01:20:15,230 --> 01:20:20,769
In the little remaining daylight, he
cannot possible return to his main hut
652
01:20:20,857 --> 01:20:24,411
His only recourse is to fix this one.
653
01:21:43,601 --> 01:21:48,823
Because Anatoly spent much of the next
day repairing his outlying nut ..
654
01:21:48,908 --> 01:21:53,934
It takes him until nightfall
to find' his way back to his base hut.
655
01:23:10,374 --> 01:23:12,685
It is the last day of December ..
656
01:23:12,772 --> 01:23:17,351
and unusually mild'
at 33 degrees below zero.
657
01:23:38,829 --> 01:23:41,806
Anatoly like all the other trappers...
658
01:23:41,899 --> 01:23:45,289
will return to the village
for New Year's E I've.
659
01:23:54,431 --> 01:23:58,978
The voyage is 750 kilometers
along the frozen river...
660
01:23:59,068 --> 01:24:03,865
and we should note that Anatoly's dog
never rides on the snowmobile.
661
01:24:04,886 --> 01:24:08,669
He covers the entire distance
running behind
662
01:24:31,104 --> 01:24:34,211
At night', he is still running.
663
01:24:50,159 --> 01:24:54,390
Finally, the village of Bakhtia
comes into view
664
01:25:11,740 --> 01:25:13,310
And here comes the dog.
665
01:25:15,161 --> 01:25:16,829
The dog must be hungry!
666
01:25:16,919 --> 01:25:19,100
Of course he is.
He hasn't eaten for over a day.
667
01:25:40,195 --> 01:25:42,245
Hey, come here.
668
01:25:45,567 --> 01:25:49,797
For Gennady and all of them,
this is a happy return.
669
01:26:21,664 --> 01:26:26,014
Christmas Is celebrated In Russia
on January 6.
670
01:26:26,364 --> 01:26:28,958
The entire village participates.
671
01:26:58,655 --> 01:27:02,438
The stay for the trappers
will be a short' one.
672
01:27:02,525 --> 01:27:04,836
After a few days and nights...
673
01:27:04,922 --> 01:27:10,166
they will return to the taiga
for the remaining months of winter
674
01:27:10,261 --> 01:27:12,823
This is the life they love.
675
01:27:47,317 --> 01:27:49,464
Well, we're alone again.
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