It's rare for a photographer to portray life in the taiga in this way.
The Tsaatans are of Turkic origin; the Uriankhai or Tuva people of Tuva and Mongolia declared independence in 1921. Tuva joined the Soviet Union in 1944 and became part of Russia. The Tuva and Buryats, who fled the Great Famine during World War II, moved to the Hövsgöl Taiga and Tsagaan Lake, where they were temporarily separated, and their relatives separated. These close relatives of the Tsaatan people still live in the Republic of Tuva in the Russian Federation. The Tsaatans want to have good relations with Russia's Tuva. Still, the issue of free movement across the border has only recently been resolved. The Tsaatan people waited patiently for such a day.
In addition, the Russian Tsaatans have become just like the Russians, and the Mongolian Tsaatans have become just like the Mongols. The Tsaatans believe that the primary way to resolve the issue is to have friendly relations with the Tuvans living in Russia.
These are the masterpieces of French documentary filmmaker and photographer Hamid Sardar.
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