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There are 28 item(s) tagged with the keyword "village".

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1. Sign of Spring

A villager, shod in felt boots, carries an oil portrait of Communist leader Vladimir Lenin.

Tags: village, Lenin
2. Taking Names and Telling Tales

As Faulkner put it, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” A truth experienced in this remote village.

Tags: soviet era, purges, nkvd, rural life, village
3. Sisters in Sorrow

Estranged sisters share a feeling of loss and separation.

Tags: family, war, village
4. A Knight Brave and Bold

A mother in a remote village grapples with past, present, and future losses to war.

Tags: children, rural life, village, war
5. The Tankman and the Sailor

A tank driver and a navy man are united in their feelings about war, but perhaps not as you think.

Tags: veterans, war, village life, village
6. Crying Wolf, for Good Reason

As if COVID hadn't forced enough kids to learn from home, the prospect of wolf attacks are doing the same thing in the Ugra region.

Tags: village, rural life, school, children, animals, wildlife
7. Telling Fortunes

When they turn the electricity off in the village, everybody promptly shows up at Granny Shura’s.

Tags: village, banyas, superstition
8. Lessons From the Russian Village

Life in a remote Siberian village can teach you a lot about adaptability, nature, food, and, most importantly, folklore. 

Tags: Siberia, Irkutsk, stove, domovoi, folklore, cows, dairy, vodka, food, village
9. Fate's Debt Register

In which we visit a rather unique store in the Karelian village of Vedlozero. Which of course is far more than a store.

Tags: rural life, village, karelia
10. What's in a Name?

Yandex.Maps has completed a surprising study of all the places in Russia, and they even figured out how to get from the Moon to Mars. 

Tags: alphabet, travel, Internet, humor, village, towns, cities, yandex

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