How the state, in the fight against foreign influence, endangered the fishing of the indigenous peoples of Chukotka. Briefly Chukotka is the only region in Russia where sea animals are hunted. Seal, walrus, gray and bowhead whales are not only food here, but also the living history of the traditional way of life. However, as a result of government intervention, this way of life is again, as in Soviet times, in danger of disappearing.