Asbest The Best

Text: residents of Asbest. Photo: Aleksandr Solo, Ekaterina Tolkacheva, Translated by DM. E very city has something special, that you can remember with warmth, something that makes it native and loved...

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...

Reason to Be Proud

Victory Day in the town of Sokol . Text and photo:  Ilya Pilipenko Red, blue and white flags on lampposts look like huge leaves. Signs "Congratulations, dear sokolchane" written by hand on the white canvas,...

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...

Deck 6

A typical Barents sea sight. Text and Foto: Anton Sokolov Rolling is almost insensible down at Deck 6. It is down there, around center of the ship, three decks underwater. The future flagship of Indian Navy...

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 ...