by Nadezhda Podrezova

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Tradind Post. Yamal, 1930

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Yamal Trading Posts in Soviet Russia were established by government for two main purposes - to provide the hunters with all necessary equipment, clothes, foodstuff, household goods and to purchase furs from the hunters. Factories could serve simultaneously as market, warehouse, customs, defense and support to navigation or exploration, government of local communities. Snowy tundra and lack of home comforts - nowadays trading posts are still a necessity. Their main task is to provide the population with essential goods.

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