EXCURSION IN ETHNIC RESISTANCE SNOW DOGS

Tours start at 11:00 and 15:00 and consist of:

On the Kamchatka Peninsula, there are representatives of the indigenous population Koryaks, Itelmens (Itelmen means "living here"), in the north - the Chukchi, the most recent on the peninsula arrived riding on deer in the late 19th century - the Evens. On the islands live Ainu, Aleuts.

The number of representatives of indigenous and minority peoples is decreasing. But interest and their customs and culture is growing both among their descendants, the local population, who understand the value of endangered cultures, and among tourists.

You will have the opportunity to meet the family of Semashkin Andrey and Anastasia. The blood of the Koryak people flows in Andrei's heart. Anastasia in the past, a music worker, loved the national culture with all her heart. Together this beautiful, worthy couple created an ethnographic complex - "Snowy Dogs".

A couple of 6 of their children, there are foster. All of them together bring up about 100 Kamchatka Huskies. Dogs under the guidance of loving owners have repeatedly been prize-winners of the sled dog race "Beringia". Fragile Anastasia followed her husband and won prizes, running for 2 weeks of the race 980 km.

On the territory of the complex houses for owners and guests were built, dogs live, there is a pen for deer. Anyone can feed the Kamchatka deer with special food. A special delicacy for a deer is a piece of salt, which a noble animal will never exchange for a chocolate bar.

There are several such places in Kamchatka now. But whatever object you visit "Kaynyran", "Eyvet", "Snow Dogs" or others, you will definitely remember the emotional atmosphere of the event and joyful dog faces, ready to lick you from overflowing friendly feelings and love disinterestedly.