Northern Landscapes
Lake Vodlozero
During the very first cast of the seine net each year, the artel fishermen would take off their caps and bow low to the lake, while the headman dropped a silver rouble into the kneyá (the net’s pocket) as an offering t...
A Journey to the Archetype
An experienced researcher — one who knows exactly what he is seeking — will unmistakably recognize this conifer-covered hill from many kilometers away, rising above the surrounding land. We already knew in advance what...
It's a long and thorny path to where the Fairy Tale still lives...
... or a journey from autumn to winter in one day.
Umbosersky Mine: Ruins in the Lovozero Tundra
Once, life thrived here in the vast halls of the Lovozero tundra. Day and night, the Umbosersky mine yielded a wealth of minerals—some of which were found and extracted only at this very site. But for reasons lost to t...
The Road to Dumino
Several years ago, on April 30th, we set out on a journey to our most beloved Arkhangelsk Province — to Kenozero National Park.
There is a magical place we had long dreamed of visiting: the abandoned village o...
Medveditskaya Ridge: Journey into the Anomalous Zone
In the godforsaken Zhirnovsky District of Volgograd Oblast, right on the border with Saratov, lies a place long wrapped in legends and myths — the Medveditskaya Ridge.
Naglimozero Artova Hermitage
All that remains of the Naglimozero Artova Men’s Hermitage in the taiga wilderness of Kenozerye—founded in the remote 17th century by a former streltsy soldier named Timofey—is the solitary cell of its last monk and a ...