Antonina Koerkova beschreibt Stiefel

12:55-19:43

"These are men’s winter boots, they are worn in the wintertime by men, they wear them in the forest, in the reindeer camp and when they are fishing. This is very comfortable winter clothing, which cannot be replaced by anything else in the taiga, neither by Soviet, nor by Russian manufactured boots, not even the most expensive ones. Here, at the bottom of the sole, you use the hide of the bearded seal. The sole is sewn to the boot at the very last. They soak it 24 hours in water, so that the bearded seal hide gets softer and will be easier to sew on as the sole. From the inside it is also processed that it becomes soft. If it is stiff, it will rub the calluses and the feet. At the bottom of the boot you put hay, what is this called in Even, what is that called, grandmother? – Aita. They put it on the sole so that the feet will not get cold. But in summertime the men wear these working boots, chari. Olachiki are women’s summer shoes. They are also sewn from reindeer skin and an ornament is sewn on top according to the seamstress’s liking."

Aufgezeichnet von Erich Kasten. Esso, 2002.