Marine mammal hunting in Soviet Chukotka: ethnographic aspect

The article is devoted to the ethnic aspects of the development of the marine mammal hunting in Chukotka in the Soviet era. The author traces the course of the Soviet modernization of the industry, the transition from traditional hunting methods to more technically advanced ones, as well as the resulting social changes, and states that by the late Soviet period the field of marine mammal hunting has been experiencing sharp technological and social disproportions.