When the “cold war” starts the ancient Eskimo settlement
Naukan was closed at the
the Dezhnev Cape. Its inhabitants were resettled to
marshy place far from the border. This resettlement
became the beginning of the people’s disappearance.
In 1996, only 75 native Naukans remained.
The verses written by the Naukan poetess Zoya
Nenlyumkina are sounded in the film.
Author of the film