Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
This is the village of
Bakhtia In Siberia.
Although it looks like winter to us,
The village is located
In the heart' of Siberia...
and we should' keep In mind
that this colossal landmass...
is one and a half times
the size of the United States.
The endless wilderness that surrounds
this place is known as the taiga.
No roads or train lines traverse it'.
There are only two ways
to reach this outpost'-
one is by helicopter, the other by boat.
The expanse In the foreground
is not solid' ground..
but the frozen-over Yenisey River...
one of the largest'
waterways In Siberia.
It' is only during
the few Ice-free months of summer..
that boats can also reach Bakhtia.
Of the 300 or so inhabitants
of this village...
a handful of them make their livelihood
as professional trappers.
One of these men is Gennady Solovyev.
Here he makes his way
into the wilderness...
across an enormous frozen river
He wants to show us
an essential tool of his profession.
An animal would approach
The pressure is very light.
will just keep my hand in it.
Let me show you.
See how light it is.
There you go. The animal is trapped.
This is how disarm the trap.
take away the bait.
Remove the wooden linchpin so that
squirrels or mice don't steal them...
put everything under the roof,
and that's it.
Until next season.
You are no hunter Without a dog.
This one has short hair
because a Moscow dog breed is mixed in.
Here, take a look at Zeena,
her male partner.
He is a smart-looking one, no doubt.
But he's stopped working in the taiga.
He is not interested in hunting animals.
A freeloader, not a real dog any more.
But he gets all the appropriate perks
a dog is entitled to.
He chases after b*tches all he Wants
and gets the best food.
Have one male dog
who has really earned his keep.
Now he is retired from active duty.
He is a pensioner.
And I'll keep feeding him
for as long as he is alive.
Come here and eat!
The snow crust after a good frost
is very tough.
No, don't think it'll support moose
and other big ones.
But it is tough snow crust all right.
It's great for bears and wolves
to really get around.
But the poor moose have had it.
If the snow is deep, they won't get far
on this kind of snow crust.
Anyone can take advantage
of their helpless condition-
anyone who is hungry or Wants
to make extra money- people, mean.
This is the best time of the yeah.
for Gennady to find'
the perfect piece of wood..
for the making of his
all-important skis.
Here you are deciding
if the fiber will be straight or not.
See, it's a bit twisted
and kind of leans to the right.
If it's shaped like this from the top
along the center...
it's straight fiber all right.
If it's slanted a bit,
it means it's twisted...
and you're going to get
a propeller-like board.
A good wedge is a man's savior.
In the olden days, a villager wouldn't
have much by way of tools-
just a club and wedge.
The wedge should have a gentle slope
and be very sharp.
Make your wedge steep
and the wood will eject it.
Of course, a good craftsman
will make good skis using good wood.
Getting around in these
is sheer pleasure.
You might have factory-made ones.
If you and go into the
Woods, you'll drop
dead from fatigue
after 15 kilometers.
You won't be able to move a leg.
Me, I'll just keep on skiing
Without a care in the world.
"Without moss and wedge
to earn his bread,
the carpenter would
long be dead. "
True, you can't do much
using one wedge.
Take several of them,
and you can gradually lift anything.
You can lift a house.
mean anything.
It's so powerful.
Try to split a tree like
this Without a wedge.
There's no way.
You're not upsetting the fibers.
On a disk saw, if you
don't pay attention
where you're setting
the board...
it'll out laterally through the fibers,
and you've had it.
A ski is very thin-
about two millimeters near the nose.
If the board isn't straight-grained,
it'll start to bend and that'll be it.
As they say, you can take away
anything from a man-
his wealth and health and suchlike-
but you can't take away
his craftsman skills.
Once you learn a trade, you always know
your trade for the rest of your life.
You agree?
Naturally, you pick up things
from others as you go along-
a bit here, a bit there,
add your own little improvements.
You've got to see something.
Someone's got to tell you something
and you will know.
You can't reinvent the bicycle.
All these techniques have been
invented long before your time...
honed to perfection over the centuries.
The Ice covering the river
is still solid...
making it easy to travel
the vast distances...
the trappers need to
prepare for their work
Unlike sport hunting...
preparation for professional trapping
is a year-round job.
This is Anatoly Blume.
He's tending one of his huntng cabins.
Here, he removes the winter snow
so that the roof will not cave in.
Firewood must be collected' now
so that It can dry during the summer
Each hunter has a base hut...
and a number of additional outlying huts
that need to be maintained
That's a bear's trail.
He is out of his lair now.
Remember we talked about
the snow crust- that
the likes of him?
Well, he's out and he'll go
and hunt some moose or deer.
Guy needs his grub, right?
All the provisions here
have to be secured against bears.
They don't use glass for the windows...
during transportation or by bears.
These are the claw marks
made by one of them.
In spring,
with the sun higher upon the horizon...
the snow becomes wet
and river water seeps through the fee.
In the fall, the river will ice up
when fully flooded.
After snow falls, the
water will drain...
and the ice will be forced down
by the snow.
A crack will develop through which
the water will flow under the snow..
And this water will never freeze.
If you ask me, industry and perseverance
is top of the agenda.
But we all agree that greed is
the trapper's worst quality...
which and my friends despise.
Can tell you that.
That's for sure.
Making a few coins at any price.
Setting up traps up until-
up until the thaw...
even when all you get
are pregnant females.
Arming traps too early.
It's only a few days into October,
but that guy is already arming traps.
They tell him the sable isn't
coming out properly yet. it's black.
"So what?" the guy would say.
"Only a couple of coins,
that's true, but in my pocket.
Otherwise the sable will run
We despise this kind of trapper.
Here, Gennady builds one of his traps...
In the same simple manner
they have been built' for ages.
Grandfather's traps- Whoever invented
them, his name is long forgotten.
So many centuries have passed,
but we still use them...
unable to invent something new.
It is April, and the weather is warm,
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