Atomtown

Photo & text: Artemiy ZhdanovMy grandparents live here. I was coming to them for summer vacations until I was 14. After that it was necessary to get a pass and my parents hadsome difficulties with it, so I ...

Knyazhpogost

A city near the railroad Text and photos: Ilya Pilipenko Translation: Datura Metel It’s early morning. Near the bus station building a few people are smoking sulkily, inspecting at the newcomers. A couple m...

Division by Night

Cities of Pikalyovo and Sokol at night. Text: Ilya Pilipenko Photo: Evgeniy Vanichev Translation: Katya Risu Darkness evens out everything. All detail disappears leaving only a glimpse of its existence. All...

The Old Ironworks

Nowadays the metallurgical plant in Nizhny Tagil in the Urals is a museum of history of ferrous metallurgy. Photo: Alexander Solo This old ironworks in Nizhny Tagil is called "Old Demidov's plant". It was...

Porogi

The oldest functioning hydroelectric plant in Russia. Text and photos by: Ekaterina Tolkacheva Translated by: DM An everpresent rush of water from the dam outside accompanied by a steady drone from the g...

Zlatoust Fashion

Ural monotown and thirst for the fine. Text and photo: Ekaterina Tolkacheva. These photos represent the clothing collection of designer Semyon Dedyaev, citizen of Zlatoust, small Ural town. Semyon Dedya...

The Longest Street

Hudaiberdin street and the surroundings. Text and photo: Anton Akimov When I was entering Sterlitamak, I expected to see the regression, desolation and negligence of the post-Soviet reality. But I was wrong...

Not-a-real Motherland

The home-town, the winter and the broken nose. Text and Foto: Anton Sokolov If you  heard the anthem of Glazov a town where I was raised, you would probably be surprised – there is neither fanfare nor choir...

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...