Dancer in the Itelmen ensemble "Elvel" in national dress performs during the Koryak ceremonial holiday "Khololo" in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.04.11.2013#2313535
A girl in national dress performs during the Koryak ceremonial holiday "Khololo" in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.04.11.2013#2313523
Young woman in national dress performs during the Koryak ceremonial holiday "Khololo" in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.04.11.2013#2313526
Young woman in national dress performs during the Koryak ceremonial holiday "Khololo" in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (redaktirovanny).04.11.2013#2313584
Dancer and guests during during the Koryak ceremonial holiday "Khololo" in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.04.11.2013#2313533
People taking part in the Koryak ceremonial holiday "Khololo" decorate "the tree of happiness" in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.04.11.2013#2313525
Dancer in a mask and national dress during the Koryak ceremonial holiday "Khololo" in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.04.11.2013#2313531
Dancers in national dress perform during the Koryak ceremonial holiday "Khololo" in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.04.11.2013#2313529
An employee of the Federal State Statistics Service Yanzhunai Margarita, background, carrying out the National Population Census 2010 in the Zelyony Yar fishery village in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area.05.04.2010#618975
Residents of the Zelyony Yar fishery village in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area taking part in the National Population Census 2010.05.04.2010#618974
An employee of the Federal State Statistics Service, center, carrying out the National Population Census 2010 in the Zelyony Yar fishery village in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area.05.04.2010#618973
Residents of the Zelyony Yar fishery village in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area taking part in the National Population Census 2010.05.04.2010#618972
An employee of the Federal State Statistics Service carrying out the National Population Census 2010 in the Zelyony Yar fishery village in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area.04.04.2010#618970
Residents of the Zelyony Yar fishery village in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area taking part in the National Population Census 2010.04.04.2010#618969
An employee of the Federal State Statistics Service, foreground, carrying out the National Population Census 2010 in the Zelyony Yar fishery village in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area.04.04.2010#618967
An employee of the Federal State Statistics Service, foreground, carrying out the National Population Census 2010 in the Zelyony Yar fishery village in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area.04.04.2010#618966
An employee of the Federal State Statistics Service, left, carrying out the National Population Census 2010 in the Zelyony Yar fishery village in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area.04.04.2010#618965
Residents of the Zelyony Yar fishery village in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area taking part in the National Population Census 2010.04.04.2010#618964
The Chukotka Autonomous Region in the North of Russia. The village of Kanchala. Reindeer breeders' camp. A 70-year-old family elder Kajtanyn Yatyngo with his 5-year-old grandson Valentin.01.07.2003#3033890
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area (today Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area - Yugra) in the Tymen Region. A potential victim of alcohol abuse.03.07.1992#8266753
Sports and entertainment games at the traditional summer festival Ysyakh in the village of Kyusyur, Bulunsky ulus, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.21.06.1991#8587206
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District. An old woman from the Khanty family of Pokachevy collects wood.01.06.1991#6356744
Veterinarian Ms. Bosikova from the village of Kyusyur, Bulunsky ulus, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.01.05.1991#8587215
Sports and entertainment games at the traditional summer festival Ysyakh in the village of Kyusyur, Bulunsky ulus, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.01.05.1991#8587214
Reindeer herder Ms. Nikitina from the village of Kyusyur, Bulunsky ulus, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.01.05.1991#8587213
A May snowstorm in the village of Kyusyur, Bulunsky ulus, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.01.05.1991#8587212
May snowdrifts in the village of Kyusyur, Bulunsky ulus, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.01.05.1991#8587211
Fisherman-cooperator V. Fyodorov from the village of Kyusyur, Bulunsky ulus, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.01.05.1991#8587210
Director of the school in the village of Kyusyur, Bulunsky ulus, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic Ms. Shcherbatyuk.01.05.1991#8587205
The village of Kyusyur, Bulunsky ulus, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Chairman of the executive committee of the village council Mr. Gorokhov.01.05.1991#8587204
Young residents of the village of Kyusyur, Bulunsky ulus, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.01.05.1991#8587202
Bakery in the village of Kyusyur, Bulunsky ulus, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.01.05.1991#8587201
Hunters demonstrate a caught wolf while hunting in the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.01.05.1991#8587200
A meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990. Chum, traditional Yakut home.01.09.1990#8215919
Traditional Yakut food at the meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215918
A concert in the Vladivostok port held as part of the meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215917
A participant of the meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215916
Classes in the folklore center held as part of the meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215262
Pillow fight at the meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215261
A meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215258
A Koryak-Evenki band from Kamchatka is seen at the meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215257
A meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215256
The club of Mezen wooden painting at the meeting of representatives of 26 small peoples of the North and the Far East held in the Primorye Territory in September-October of 1990.01.09.1990#8215926
The wooden Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Turchasovo in the Posad village, Onezhsky District, Arkhangelsk Region. It was built in 1786. Its architectural style is called cube church. On the left is a wooden chapel built in 1793. The indigenous population of the Posad village is Onega Vepsians.05.07.1990#8289323
The wooden Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Turchasovo in the Posad village, Onezhsky District, Arkhangelsk Region. It was built in 1786. Its architectural style is called cube church. On the right is a wooden chapel built in 1793. The indigenous population of the Posad village is Onega Vepsians.05.07.1990#8289322
A woman from the village of Posad, Onezhsky District, Arkhangelsk Region. The indigenous population of the village is Onega Vepsians.05.07.1990#8289320
Intricate carving on the facade of the wooden Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior (1786) in Turchasovo (Posad village), Onezhsky District, Arkhangelsk Region. The indigenous population of the Posad village is Onega Vepsians.05.07.1990#8289317
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989. Left: Paul Shurke, the American head of the expedition, received a gift from Alaskians: a model of an Eskimo boat. Center: Dmitry Shparo.03.05.1989#6565249
Krasnoyarsk Territory. Semyon Palchin, Deputy of the USSR Supreme Soviet from Taimyr Autonomous Area, director of Tukhard state farm of the Ust-Yenisei district.01.05.1989#3012172
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989. Right: an expedition member, US Eskimo woman (Alaska) Darline Alangoluk.25.04.1989#6565258
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989. Crossing the Bering strait on kayak (traditional fishing and trasportation boat of coastal Chukchas, Aleuts, Koryaks and Eskimos made of seal skins).25.04.1989#6565256
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989. Checkpoint at the Soviet border.25.04.1989#6565253
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989. Ratmanov Island in the Bering Strait (Big Diomede), the easternmost point of Russia.25.04.1989#6565250
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989. Sledge dogs are seen resting during a break.30.03.1989#6565246
Chukotka Autonomous District. The Bering Bridge Soviet-American polar expedition led by Dmitry Shparo and Paul Schurke. Some 12 skiers left Anadyr on March 7, 1989, covered over 1,200 miles via 16 Chukotka villages, the Bering Strait and 14 communities in Alaska to finish their journey in the Alaskan town of Kotzebue on May 11, 1989. Expedition members Zoya Ivanova, left, and Alaskan Eskimo woman Darline Alangoluk.30.03.1989#6565245
