"There is no president in the tundra ..." “There is no president in the tundra ...” Vaigach island is located next to the New Land, between the Kara and Barents Seas. Until the 30s of the XX century, no one constantly lived here, except for the prisoners: the political prisoners with the hands of the political prisoners here mined zinc and lead ore. Then, from the new land, where they experienced nuclear weapons, the Nenets were moved to Vaigach. And forgot.