A book "North and weapon" narrates about history of hunt of large and fur game of our North, about a hunt, commercial animals and weapon for their getting. She is about that, how exactly a hunt assisted settling of boundless Siberian spaces. In fact ancient hunters went east after reindeer, and cossacks of a "встречь sun" - after a sable and walrus dog-teeth. Actually, due to a hunt Russia and found Siberia, and all humanity - America.In addition, this book on that, how it hunts on the large game of helm distant north expeditions and filled up the treasury of young Soviet Union. In her told, as after the shipwreck of the USSR she became independent (and very romantic) industry of tourism.Also in a book there is a review of practical application of the most widespread hunting weapon in the conditions of severe Russian nature.For a wide circle readers.