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Apr 25, 2016 · With his photographs, Markov, a 35-year-old volunteer who works with orphaned children in eastern Russia, is paying homage to his own precarious upbringing. Despite their circumstances, the kids on his Instagram invariably have mischievous glints in their eyes, jumping through windows, grappling on wrestling mats, climbing on things they ...
The Orphans of Mother Russia. An intimate look at the lives of children in the ancient city of Pskov. By Emily Anne Epstein. September 10, 2015. When looking at his images, it’s hard to tell if...
This is a directory of Russian Baby Orphanages (Baby Homes). It has most of the Baby Homes, but none of the older children homes. It is arranged by region: all the orphanages from the same region are together. Click on the region name to see the orphanages listed.
Krasnogorodsky Orphanage, Pskov Region. The Krasnogorodsky Orphanage, established in 1988, currently houses 103 children between the ages of 6 and 20 with various health issues. The city center of Pskov is located almost 160 kilometers from the orphanage.
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Nowhere in Russia is the situation as bad as in the Pskov region, which lies on the European Union’s doorstep bordering Latvia and Estonia. Because of the rugged terrain, with countless swamps and lakes, villages around patches of arable land here have traditionally been small. Today, out of 13,000 villages, 3,000 stand abandoned and 5,000 have a p...
The Russian word for village – derevnya – derives from derevo, or wood. For centuries, Russians chopped down endless birch and pine forests to build log houses and clear land for fields and pastures. Crop failure, famine, wildfires and war ravaged and decimated their villages, but high birthrates made up for the losses. Overpopulated and dirt-poor,...
Thanks to pervasive propaganda on pro-Kremlin media, some villagers also believe that Americans are to blame for their troubles, because they allegedly masterminded the dissolution of the USSR and collective farms, and are now trying to choke Russia with sanctions. “[US President Barack] Obama wanted us to starve,” said Ivan Pavlov, an 84-year-old ...
Sep 15, 2014 · This report is based on visits by Human Rights Watch researchers to 10 orphanages in 6 regions of Russia, as well as on more than 200 interviews with parents, children, and young people...
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Apr 8, 2019 · A new exhibition by Russian photographer, Dmitry Markov, reveals an unflinching documentary of daily life in Pskov, one of the oldest cities in Russia. © Dmitry Markov. Courtesy agnès b. Lying on the outskirts of urbanity, the honest photographs in 'Draft Russia' weave a narrative of human vulnerability, addiction, candour, and pathos.
