The Metaphysics of the North

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The Stone Woman

In the Pskov lands, caught between the cultivated Enlightenment of St. Petersburg on one side and the former Baltic provinces on the other, one can still encounter relics of ancient faith that rival those of Mezen or K...

The Stone Woman

The Stone Woman

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.

Medveditskaya Ridge: Journey into the Anomalous Zone

мистика аномальщина аномальное мистический степи степные пейзажи Place of Power dancing” forest

Medveditskaya Ridge: Journey into the Anomalous Zone

The Ruins of the Agua Church Amid January Mists

In the breath of the mountains. A touch of the northern south—or the southern north.

The Ruins of the Agua Church Amid January Mists

руины кавказ атмосфера горы

The Ruins of the Agua Church Amid January Mists

Forest Sacrifice: Traces of a Wild Hunt in the Karelian Woods

A small forest drama: this is where a young moose was devoured by hungry wolves. We found the remains here, in this quiet Karelian bog, not far from our home.

Forest Sacrifice: Traces of a Wild Hunt in the Karelian Woods

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Forest Sacrifice: Traces of a Wild Hunt in the Karelian Woods

Danilovsky Prison Castle – Journey into Russia’s Forgotten Past

There will be no pretentious philosophizing or pseudo-scientific posturing in this post—only photographs of the abandoned Danilovsky Prison Castle. Built in the mid-19th century and used as a prison until the 1980s, it...

Danilovsky Prison Castle – Journey into Russia’s Forgotten Past

заброшка старина заброшенное иные миры данилов Haunting ruins mystical travels Russian wilderness

Danilovsky Prison Castle – Journey into Russia’s Forgotten Past

The Pskov Collective Farm Woman — Late Soviet Macabre and the Mother Russia Icon

While roaming the boundless northern expanses, we recently stumbled upon a true masterpiece of Soviet macabre — a towering sculpture of a collective farm woman, forgotten in the snow-covered fields of the Pskov region....

The Pskov Collective Farm Woman — Late Soviet Macabre and the Mother Russia Icon

псковская область Mother Russia советское скульптура русь-матушка позднесоветский макабр northern landscapes dark aesthetic

The Pskov Collective Farm Woman — Late Soviet Macabre and the Mother Russia Icon

Deep within the dark forests lie the Finnish fortifications of Väliniemi, near Lake Onega.

леса фортификации вов вторая мировая война пейзажи ландшафты Russia’s North Mysterious forests

Deep within the dark forests lie the Finnish fortifications of Väliniemi, near Lake Onega.

To Cast Harm or Inflict a Hernia (Kila): A Folk Curse from the Russian North

Category: “Folk Remedies”

To Cast Harm or Inflict a Hernia (Kila): A Folk Curse from the Russian North

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To Cast Harm or Inflict a Hernia (Kila): A Folk Curse from the Russian North

Khalui I -The Cursed Village

A small river called Khalui flows gently, joining the mighty Churyega, then vanishes underground: its waters seep into karst crevices, disappear from the surface, exposing its dry bed, which stretches far into the dist...

Khalui I -The Cursed Village

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Khalui I -The Cursed Village

Shum-Gora

Shum-Gora (literally: "Noise-Mount" or "The Noisy Hill") In the remote and desolate Batecky District of Novgorod Oblast, where the road is cracked and weary with age, a traveler may c...

Shum-Gora

northern Place of Power burial mounds

Shum-Gora

An alien from the mythological age.

It was just an ordinary, long-abandoned house in an uninhabited village - a leaky roof that had caused the floors to fail in some places, and the remaining floorboards were a bit scary to step on.

Публикация: 21.11.2023

An alien from the mythological age.

заброшка старина архангельская область ошевенское александр ошевенский крест покинутое халуй оберег талисман амулет артефакт abandoned house

Reference: 21.11.2023

An alien from the mythological age.

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