New wooden houses will be built in Arctic villages for reindeer herders, the Taimyr Telegraph online publication reported on April 8.
“This year the houses for northerners will be built with wood. This was the wish of the neighbors themselves. New houses will be built in the Evenki villages of Essey, Ekonda and Yukta, in the Taimyr villages of Nosok, Popigai and Kheta, as well as in Turukhansk Sovetskaya Rechka. The amount of social benefits granted to applicants ranges from 6.5 to 10.1 million rubles, depending on the area of residence.”said the head of the regional Agency for the Development of the Northern Territories and Support of Indigenous Minorities, Anton Narchuganov.
Since 2011, houses have been built for northerners as part of a regional program to improve the living conditions of reindeer herders and fishermen. In total, since the beginning of the program, 240 families of indigenous peoples of the North have moved to new homes.
Let us remember that reindeer husbandry is the only branch of agriculture in which the entire small indigenous population of the North is employed; It is not only the basic branch of its traditional economy, but also ethnoculture, customs, this is a special kind of arctic. , circumpolar civilization, which has its own deep history, rich culture, carefully preserved traditions and beliefs (circumpolar civilization is a symbiosis of traditional northern spirituality and the latest scientific innovations and life-support technologies).
For the Russian Arctic, venison is a key element of the regional food security system. This national issue is at the center of attention of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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