Hunting as a Traditional Industry of the Evenks of Buryatia
Traditional economy of the Evenks - hunting - is maximally adapted to the conditions of the North of Buryatia. The main products of hunting are furs, meat of wild ungulates and game meat. The article reviews the annual cycle of Evenks employment activities, which were built in accordance with the development of fauna and flora coinciding in duration and in name practically among all territorial groups of Evenks, hunting traditions and prohibitions that were developed over the centuries and are the elements of Evenks' trade ethics, changes in the means of extraction from the XVIII century to the present day (from bows and loops, crossbows, whistles and snags to metal traps, firearms), the problems of Evenks-hunters and the modern state of the industry in general (the creation of family-clan communities).