A woman walks past a Yaranga, the Chukchis' traditional hide tent, near the village of Kanchalan in Chukotka, July 20, 2009. Seventy years of Soviet rule failed to subdue Russia's most isolated natives, but "perestroika" proved to be devastating. In the ensuing lawlessness, poachers decimated reindeer herds and unemployment was rife. Picture taken July 20, 2009.
Women fish on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk near the town of Ola in Chukotka, July 20, 2009. Seventy years of Soviet rule failed to subdue Russia's most isolated natives, but "perestroika" proved to be devastating
People rest on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk near the town of Ola in Chukotka, July 20, 2009. Seventy years of Soviet rule failed to subdue Russia's most isolated natives, but "perestroika" proved to be devastating
A man smokes behind strips of fish laid to dry, on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk near the town of Ola in Chukotka, July 20, 2009. Seventy years of Soviet rule failed to subdue Russia's most isolated natives, but "perestroika" proved to be devastating. In the ensuing lawlessness, poachers decimated reindeer herds and unemployment was rife. Picture taken July 20, 2009
A man shows dried fish outside his tent on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk near the town of Ola in Chukotka, July 20, 2009. Seventy years of Soviet rule failed to subdue Russia's most isolated natives, but "perestroika" proved to be devastating. In the ensuing lawlessness, poachers decimated reindeer herds and unemployment was rife. Picture taken July 20, 2009.
