City of Guinness World Records
Where will Star Destroyers be constructed?
Text and Foto: Anton Sokolov
Our ship, tightly surrounded with tugs and ‘Nicholay Chiker’ (the most powerful naval tug, according to Guinness World Records) is hea...
Eight Words from Pikalyovo
Town as a Dictionary
Text: Ilya Pilipenko Pictures: Vladimir Gavrilin
Any life space and any town features its own landscape and architecture, as well as an individual vocabulary including local words and p...
Place Where Enthusiasm Cooled
A few winter days in the town of Sokol.
Text and Foto: Ilya Pilipenko
The darkness of the sky becomes denser closer to the horizon, and if not for snow, it would be impossible to actually see where the sky ...
Community Center
The community center in the town of Gavrilov-Yam.
Text: Ilya Pilipenko Foto: Aleksandr Solo
There is a community center in every Russian town. Actually, its presence is what maintains the urban status of th...
At the Bottom of an Openpit
The abandoned openpits of the Bakal became the place of the annual performance.
Text and photo: Ekaterina Tolkacheva
Bakal openpits are situated 20 kilometers away from Satka. Digging for ore here began in ...
Aside from the Highway
A few days in Karabash.
Text and photo: Екатерина Толкачева
City of Karabash in Chelyabinsk region. Copper plant, a constant headache of the local authorities because of environmental problems and social issu...