A Chukcha boarded a train and asked the train attendant to wake him before the stop at Irkutsk. When Chukcha fell asleep, one more passenger boarded the train. This man was just released from jail. He saw Chukcha's clothes hanging. He took Chukcha's things, hung instead his old rags, and left the train at the first station. When the attendant woke Chukcha, he donned the clothes, and walked out. He looked at himself and thought, "Hey, the attendant is stupid though. Woke a wrong man."

Translated by Mark Perakh

A Chukcha came to the Bering's straits and shouted toward Alaska,
"Hey, Americans. You have no money though."
"Why?" the Americans answered. "We've plenty of money."
"Then tell Chukcha why did you buy only Alaska? Not enough money to buy Chukotka also?"

Translated by Mark Perakh