A short story will be about traveling to the abandoned village of Pozharische, where once we had a house. The village is located on the bank of the Strelna River, near the village of Poldarsa, Vologda region.
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There are many such villages, which are generally already wiped off the face of the earth, which somehow live out their century in the form of country houses.
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In Russia, there are a lot of abandoned villages, but these places have their own atmosphere - there is a memorable place called "Mitkin Road".
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And now I will continue the story about the villages. Once in the 90's we bought a house here. Relatives lived in the neighboring village.
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Coming to them, we could live in our own house, do our own farming and grow something in the garden. For me it was a childhood ..
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We left the house in the late 90's, when we bought a country house almost near the city itself. Yes, in the village already lived a couple of people. It was difficult to get there: it was necessary to overcome ford on the car through the Strelna River, which in spring is very deep and even the tractor was not always able to move it.
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On foot it was necessary to go from the village of Upper Anisimovo kilometers 5 through the forest, field and through a pair of suspension bridges.
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To the left is our house.
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In the forest, a couple of miles away is a churchyard with an abandoned church.
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Passing further behind the graveyard, we saw another village.
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Apparently only hunters come here.
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The river can be waded.
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In the distance one can see through the forest that same church.
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Having visited in such places you dive into the past, the spirit of that time was still there. Here you are standing in the house and a feeling that the owner or the landlady is about to enter the house and will treat you with tea from the samovar of the lost wanderers.