Northern Mascot

The film tells about the peculiarities of taiga reindeer husbandry at the "Nelkansky" state farm. Khabarovsk Territory, Ayano-Maisky District. Ridges of the Dzhugdzhur mountains (filmed from a helicopter). Khabarovsk Territory, with. Nelkan. Rural street with houses. Children on the street. The building of the Nelkan secondary boarding school; pupils on the porch of the school. A sign with the NDP: "NELKANSKY REINDEER BREEDING SOVKHOZ". A herd of northern Ayano-May deer on the territory of the Nelkansky reindeer herding state farm. Reindeer herders observe the reindeer in the paddocks; are feeding the deer. The wolf runs through the taiga. A deer hunted by wild animals lies in the snow. A helicopter is flying by; pilot in the helicopter cockpit. The reindeer herder in the helicopter looks out the window; shoots a gun at the wolf from the helicopter's cabin. Reindeer sled races on the territory of the state farm: a reindeer breeder drives reindeer in a sled; reindeer teams cross the finish line; spectators watch the races. Chief specialist in taiga reindeer husbandry, zootechnician Ivan Lvovich Novak stands by the corral with reindeer; among other reindeer breeders stands beside a hunted deer; stands with other reindeer herders at a wooden reindeer feeder. Brigadier of reindeer breeders Nikolai Innokentyevich Karamzin in a corral with reindeer; winds the rope around his arm. N.I.'s wife Karamzina, the reindeer breeder Evgenia Nikolaevna Karamzina stands at the corral with reindeer. The deputy director of the boarding school Varvara Dmitrievna Okonechnikova in the classroom teaches girls how to sew national Evenki clothes. I.L. Novak speaks (sinhr., Off-screen) about the peculiarities of taiga reindeer husbandry; about the number of deer in the state farm; the need to maintain the reindeer population; the need to keep reindeer in corrals to reduce losses among the livestock; about the lack of people to work on the state farm; about the problems of taiga reindeer husbandry; about poor preparedness for work in the state farm of young employees; on the decrease in the number of deer in the state farm. N.I. Karamzin speaks (sinhr., Off-screen) about his work on the state farm; about your family; about the work of their family members on the state farm; about the difficulties of work; about the reluctance of young people to work on the state farm; about the lack of experience of the shepherds. E.N. Karamzina speaks (sinhr., Offscreen) about the need to teach the skills of a reindeer herder at school; about the need to open a circle of young reindeer herders at school; that the profession of a reindeer breeder is considered not prestigious; recalls school years; how her husband put her on a reindeer for the first time; about injuries of inexperienced reindeer herders. V.D. Okonechnikova in the office says (sinhr., Off-screen) about the problem of labor training of students; the lack of a material base; the need to remember the national traditions of the Evenks; that the regional agricultural administration does not allocate material resources for the creation of a workshop.

Color

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1987