#yaroslavl region

[ruscatontheroof]

[russianreader]

Terribly Far

This is the premiere of Terribly Far, a new program by Lyudmila Savitskaya. We will talk about what is happening to people who are terribly far from Moscow and St. Petersburg. Who are terribly far from the congresses, conferences and conflicts of opposition leaders. Who are terribly far even from popular YouTube channels and shows. Who are also terribly far even from Telegram. Why does this…

[gacougnol]

Emil Gataullin

Ivanoskoe village, Yaroslavl region

Russia 2009

[flagwars]

Russian Federal Subject Flag Wars: Round 1

This tournament will focus on the flags of Russia’s 83 federal subjects, which includes 21 republics, 9 krais, 46 oblasts, 2 federal cities, 1 autonomous oblast, and 4 autonomous okrugs. It will not include the flags of the land stolen from Ukraine.

The tournament will be followed by the Regional Flag Wars, a huge competition featuring the flags of regions/administrative divisions, with only one flag per country. Over the past year, I’ve released numerous polls to decide which regional flag will be included for each country. Russia is the final country on the list, and it is receiving its own tournament due to having so many administrative divisions. I hope everyone enjoys this tournament and is looking forward to the Regional Flag Wars! The Russian Federal Subject Flag Wars will begin this week.

Round 1:

1. Tver Oblast vs. Amur Oblast vs. Jewish Autonomous Oblast vs. Kamchatka Krai vs. Karelia

2. Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug vs. Bashkortostan vs. Tambov Oblast vs. Udmurtia vs. Kursk Oblast

3. Samara Oblast vs. Pskov Oblast vs. Adygea vs. Chukotka Autonomous Okrug vs. Khakassia

4. Khabarovsk Krai vs. Kalmykia vs. Altai Krai vs. Zabaykalsky Krai vs. Mordovia

5. Moscow Oblast vs. Dagestan vs. North Ossetia–Alania vs. St. Petersburg vs. Saratov Oblast

6. Primorsky Krai vs. Yaroslavl Oblast vs. Leningrad Oblast vs. Astrakhan Oblast vs. Komi Republic

7. Krasnoyarsk Krai vs. Irkutsk Oblast vs. Omsk Oblast vs. Lipetsk Oblast vs. Kabardino-Balkaria

8. Moscow vs. Ingushetia vs. Kostroma Oblast vs. Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug vs. Tomsk Oblast

9. Perm Krai vs. Orenburg Oblast vs. Stavropol Krai vs. Volgograd Oblast vs. Belgorod Oblast

10. Mari El vs. Kaliningrad Oblast vs. Sverdlovsk Oblast vs. Sakha vs. Arkhangelsk Oblast

11. Krasnodar Krai vs. Penza Oblast vs. Buryatia vs. Nizhny Novgorod Oblast vs. Kurgan Oblast

12. Chelyabinsk Oblast vs. Nenets Autonomous Okrug vs. Karachay-Cherkessia vs. Murmansk Oblast vs. Altai Republic

13. Novosibirsk Oblast vs. Tuva vs. Vologda Oblast vs. Smolensk Oblast vs. Novgorod Oblast

14. Tatarstan vs. Sakhalin Oblast vs. Ulyanovsk Oblast vs. Ryazan Oblast vs. Chechnya vs. Tyumen Oblast

15. Ivanovo Oblast vs. Chuvashia vs. Vladimir Oblast vs. Rostov Oblast vs. Magadan Oblast vs. Bryansk Oblast

16. Kaluga Oblast vs. Kemerovo Oblast vs. Oryol Oblast vs. Kirov Oblast vs. Voronezh Oblast vs. Tula Oblast

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Stephan Vladislavovich Bakałowicz (Polish, 1857-1947) Greek, n.d. Pereslavl-Zalessky State Historical-Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve, Yaroslavl region

[mariacallous]

Since the beginning of the full-scale war against Ukraine, Russian convicts have been heading to the front to fight — first, as part of private military companies such as Wagner Group, then, directly under Russia’s Defense Ministry. Now, journalists from BBC News Russian have found evidence that the Defense Ministry is recruiting suspects who haven’t even been convicted yet, in exchange for suspending the criminal case against them. Meduza summarizes the outlet’s findings.

In an effort to bolster the ranks of its military for the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russia is actively recruiting criminal suspects and defendants who have not yet been convicted, BBC News Russian journalists have found. Some are being recruited in the middle of their court cases.

“Only those accused of terrorism, treason, sabotage, especially serious crimes, and certain sexual offenses are not being taken to the war right now,” one investigator told journalists. “All others are quickly drafted for the special military operation.”

In the summer of 2023, the Russian State Duma passed a law allowing people under investigation to avoid criminal liability if they sign a contract for military service. Journalists found evidence of criminal suspects being recruited in Russia’s Moscow, Yaroslavl, Belgorod, Tambov, and Kemerovo regions, as well as in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Krai, the Republic of Udmurtia, and the Republic of Karelia.

First, investigators inform defendants and suspects that they can choose to go to the front instead of facing legal proceedings. Then, if the person agrees to join the army and the military is willing to accept the candidate, the responsible unit commander requests that the investigation be suspended.

“From there, everything happens quickly,” the investigator explained to BBC News Russian. “Within three days of signing the contract with the army, the criminal case is suspended. The person goes home to pack their things. And within another two to three days, they’re taken to the war. We already have three people who left this way.”

Journalists found several cases where defendants went to war instead of continuing to face trial as early as 2022, before the relevant legislation was enacted. Back then, they were recruited not into the army but into the Wagner Group mercenary organization and some volunteer units. Until June 2023, Russian convicts received pardons before being sent to Ukraine, effectively gaining their freedom after six months of service in the combat zone.

If a suspect signs a contract with the military, he won’t be released from it until the end of the war. His criminal case will be permanently closed if he dies, receives a state award, or is discharged from the army for health reasons.

However, BBC News Russian notes that if a suspect goes to war after the investigation is complete but before the verdict in rendered, his case will not be closed — in effect, he only receives a postponement of the trial. Journalists found several instances where the legal proceedings against individuals who returned from the war were resumed.

Several lawyers told journalists that the people who sign contracts with the Russian army are usually those who need to pay off loans and “see no other opportunities in life.”

The procedure for “selecting candidates in correctional institutions and pre-trial detention centers” was established in July 2023 by a joint order from the Russian Defense Ministry, Justice Ministry, and Interior Ministry. (Journalists found excerpts from this order in two court decisions.) This document stipulates that prisons and pre-trial detention centers regularly send lists of their inmates to military enlistment offices, which then review the lists and assess suitable candidates through “group and one-on-one informational and screening sessions.”

Journalists also noted that local authorities have set quotas for sending a certain number of people to the war, which they fulfill partly by recruiting individuals in pre-trial detention centers. The law passed in 2023 only applied to those charged with low- or medium-severity offenses, with a maximum possible prison sentence of five years. According to BBC News Russian, these restrictions were lifted in March 2024, and now almost anyone can be sent to the front. (There is still a small list of specific crimes that disqualify the accused from joining the army.)

According to an anonymous employee of a pre-trial detention center in Russia’s Vologda region, “the military takes almost everyone, except those who are deemed completely medically unfit.”

[orthodoxadventure]

Rostov Kremlin in winter. Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl region, Russia. From St Elisabeth Convent Minsk

[pwlanier]

Tolstaya Natalia Olegovna (born. 1954) "The Chash." 2002.

Oil on canvas, author's technique (sand from the Sahara desert), 105×100 cm.

In the lower right corner is the author's initial. On the back is the author's signature, name and date.

Painter. Natalia Tolstoy comes from the genus of Counts Tolstoy. Since childhood, she has been surrounded by an atmosphere of art. Father, Oleg Tolstoy, is a painter, great-grandson of Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, and mother, Tatiana Tolstaya, is a graphic artist. From the age of six, Natalia herself was fond of painting. Graduated from the Moscow Higher Art and Industrial School (b. Stroganovskoye), Faculty of Monumental and Decorative Painting, workshop of G.M. Korzheva (1979). Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1983). He is a member of the International Art Foundation (1993). Honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts (2013). The works are in the collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), the Kemerovo Regional Museum of Fine Arts (Kemerovo), the Yaroslavl Art Museum (Yaroslavl), in private collections in Russia, Italy, Finland, Norway, USA, Germany, Switzerland.

Litfund

[aviaposter]

Yakovlev Yak-40 Vologda Aviation Enterprise

Registration: RA-88188 Type: Yak-40 Engines: 3 × Ivchenko AI-25 Serial Number: 48-08 First flight: Mar 1976

Vologda Aviation Enterprise is a regional airline with its head office on the territory of Vologda Airport in Vologda, Russia. It operates scheduled domestic and regional passenger services, maintenance of commercial flights, transportation services for gas and oil pipelines, as well as provides search and rescue operations. Vologda Aviation Enterprise traces its history back to September 1, 1931, when the first aircraft landed on the new air-strip, flying on the route Moscow – Yaroslavl – Vologda – Arkhangelsk. In 1969, the airline received its first Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft. In 1978 a new Vologda airport was built, it gave impetus to the development of aviation in the region. The current structure of the Vologda fleet includes Yakovlev Yak-40, Antonov An-2 and Mi-8 helicopters.

Poster for Aviators. aviaposter.com

[ruscatontheroof]

Russia.Yaroslavl region

Россия.Ярославская область

[darkmaga-retard]

The Belarusian military is deploying tank units to the Ukrainian border, the country's Defense Ministry has announced. The move comes after Minsk – Moscow’s main ally in the region – claimed to have shot down several Ukrainian drones that it said violated its airspace.

In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said that parts of its mechanized forces had been placed on alert, and that preparations were being made to send tanks and other vehicles by rail to Gomel and Mozyr Regions on Ukraine’s border.

Officials also released a video showing several Soviet-era main battle tanks driving onto rail platforms. It is not yet clear the extent to which Belarus’ border contingent is being reinforced, or when the new forces will arrive to the deployment areas.

The redeployment comes after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said the military had destroyed several Ukrainian drones that violated the country’s airspace in the southern part of the country. He added that some of the drones managed to enter Russian territory, and that they had been taken down near Yaroslavl, around 300km northeast of Moscow.

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A Rare Embroidered Deisis Depicting Jesus Christ was Found in Medieval Burial Ground

Russian archaeologists have uncovered a rare embroidered Deisis depicting Jesus Christ in a medieval burial ground.

46 graves have been dug up during excavations; one of them contained a woman who was buried with an embroidered Deisis depicting Jesus Christ and John the Baptist and was between the ages of 16 and 25.

The discovery was made during the construction of the Moscow-Kazan highway, where archaeologists found an 8.6-acre medieval settlement and an associated Christian cemetery.

The iconography of Jesus Christ known as Deesis, which can be translated from Greek as “prayer” or “intercession,” is one of the most potent and prevalent images in Orthodox religious art.

The composition of the Deisis unites the three most important figures of Christianity. A tripartite icon of the Eastern Orthodox Church showing Christ usually enthroned between the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist.

The fabric is 12.1 cm long by 5.5 cm wide and is composed of two parts joined by a vertical seam made of a woven gold ribbon with a braided pattern. The fabric’s lining did not survive, but a microscopic examination revealed birch bark remnants and needle punctures along the lower and upper edges.

In the center of the fabric is a frontal image of Jesus Christ making a blessing gesture, and to the right of him is John the Baptist praying. A second figure, probably Mary, was once on the left, but it has since disappeared, according to the inspection.

The archaeologists believe the embroidered fabric was once a dark silk samite headdress. Similar examples include the embroidered crosses and faces of saints discovered in the Karoshsky burial ground in the Yaroslavl region, as well as the Ivorovsky necropolis near Staritsa that features an image of Michael the Archangel wielding a spear.

By Oguz Kayra.

[mortheim]

Beware of the forest - Leshy

Leshy is one of the most powerful and enigmatic figures in Slavic folklore, a guardian of the forest with many faces. Known by various names - Lesovik (Forester), Leshak, Lesnoi Dedka (Gramps of the Forest) - he rules the wild with an unpredictable nature that varies across regions.

Who are you, mr. Leshy?

Leshy is a shapeshifter, able to grow as tall as the trees or shrink down to the size of a blade of grass. Sometimes he appears as a towering figure with greenish or blue skin, glowing eyes, and a long beard of moss. Other times, he takes on the form of a small, hairy old man, blending into the forest as just another part of the landscape.

He’s not just a trickster - he’s the master of all animals in the forest. Wolves and other creatures obey him without question. If a shepherd disrespects the forest or mistreats animals, Leshy might send wolves to attack his herd. Travelers who wander too deep into his domain might find themselves lost for hours, misled by paths that twist and change under Leshy’s influence.

The many faces of Leshy

In Northern Russia with its vast and dense forests, Leshy is a fearsome figure, towering and dangerous. In regions like Novgorod and Arkhangelsk, he’s seen as a powerful being with the ability to control the weather, especially during storms. His skin is sometimes described as blue, his eyes glowing eerily in the dark forest.

In Central Russia, in places like Tula and Yaroslavl, Leshy is more of a mischievous trickster. He often appears as an old man with a green beard and mismatched clothing. Locally, he’s known as "Muzhichok" ("little man"), a name that reflects a more familiar and less intimidating presence.

In Belarus Leshy, or "Gaun", is the protector of the ancient, untouched forests known as "puscha". He’s closely tied to the spirits of the forest, including his granddaughters, Gaevki. These beings, more benign than Leshy, protect forest animals and sometimes play harmless tricks on humans.

In Ukraine, Leshy blends with local spirits like the Polovik, becoming a guardian of both the forest and the fields. He’s less physically imposing but more cunning, often using his intelligence to outsmart humans rather than relying on brute force.

It is important to note, that this is just a short post about this spirit. There is much more to them than I would be able to post here, unfortunately. But I hope you will be motivated to learn about it!

[ivanseledkin]

Rybinsk is the second largest city in the Yaroslavl region with a population of 184.600 people.

Before the revolution, it was the largest grain trading center in Russia, a transshipment port of the Mariinsky water system, the city was nicknamed “the capital of barge haulers”.

[bones-n-bookles]

Nanaika-Shatl, dam to Yurash-Shatl. Born 1997, with many diplomas and the following from laikirus.ru:

“Champion of the 60th Udmurt Republican Exhibition, 2005, 84th Yaroslavl Regional Exhibition, 2007, Mari Republican Exhibition, 2007″

Her pedigree has many dogs with a long list of diplomas as well as her own long list of diplomas

[immemorymag]

Interview with Dmitriy Cherba

“Paul Valéry could have been thinking of Bresson when he wrote: ‘Perfection is achieved only by avoiding everything that might make for conscious exaggeration.’ Apparently no more than modest, simple observation of life. The principle has

something in common with Zen art, where, in our perception, precise observation of life passes paradoxically into sublime artistic imagery.”

Andrei Tarkosvky, Sculpting in Time.

Can you tell us about how your interest in photography came about? What role has photography played in your life?

For 10 years I had been studying to become a painter. My professional studies were a continuation of a life long pursuit, as visual self-expression had always appealed to me as a child. However, I clearly remember one day when we went on a planner (artistic practical classes) with my art school, I suddenly realised I wanted to catch the reality that surrounds me. But, no matter how much I tried to develop my memory skills, my drawings and paintings couldn't provide me with everything I wanted. I was glad to find fulfillment in photography. And to be more precise, in the instant fixation of life that it provided. What role does photography play in my life? To me, photography is as important as life because life is exactly what I look forward to catching with my camera. Photography without the presence of life is doomed to death. Although there are a lot of people who feel that photography actually is death because it captures the bygone moments, I believe that photography is equal to immortality of a certain moment or period of time.

How did you get into documentary Photography?

I have a memory of seeing "The Real'' photo album of the Tula documentary filmmaker - Andrey Lyzhenkov at my art school. It was an unexpected mental revolution. I was delighted with how photography could and can be both immersive and illuminating. This memory became the starting point, at which I became interested only in real life within the framework of my personal existence. So, in that particular sense, I have been documenting life in its natural state for 11 years.

Do you recall any particularly interesting or insightful moments taking pictures? Or any especially difficult moments?

Probably the most simultaneously interesting and difficult experiences were during my recent business trips to Mariupol. I was working there with both digital and analog cameras, and I felt a sense that I was fixing the history, the history of humanity. I am clearly aware of the importance of this war time so I try to document it as much as possible. What is important in such a work is to be able to be professional and remain human at the same time. The textures and silhouettes can be observed bare to their limits. There are people who are broken, but still continue to live. There are ruins of previously high-rise buildings where families were built and happiness was common, before war came. This is an emotionally exhausting but equally precious experience for me, a documentary photographer who loves studying life and people. That’s exactly who I am..

Are you currently working on any projects? Can you tell us about it?

At the moment I am working on several photographic series such as "Verigi" (from 2019 to present), "Ersatz" (from 2021 to present) and "Veska" (from 2022 to present).

“Verigi” is a story about the Irinarhovsky Cross Procession, which gathers pilgrims from all over the world every year. It takes place in the Yaroslavl region for 5 days. During this time, more than 2000 thousand people walk past picturesque old villages, fields and forests. The route ends with the Holy Spring. On the way, Orthodox pilgrims carry heavy metal chains with a cross or, in other words, "Verigi". I really like this comparison of the Holy procession and the "Verigi". The walk looks as if people were elements of an unbreakable chain.

"Ersatz" is a story about an elderly man who lives half of his life impersonating Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

"Veska" is a series about a large family of a priest. I was lucky to spend some time with them and live in their beautiful village. I was filming the life of an Orthodox family and within a week I felt I had been accepted as one of them.

How do you personally access creative inspiration? Have any other artists or photographers inspired your work?

For me, inspiration comes from everywhere: From the music of Cesar Franck, Eduard Artemiego, Adam Hirst; from viewing the albums of favorite photographers such as Josef Koudelka, Eugene Smith and of course Henri Cartier-Bresson; There are magnificent paintings by Geliy Korzhev, Arkady Plastov and graphic artist Kete Kollwitz among many other great painters. The films of Michael Glawogger, Emir Kusturica, Sergei Loznitsa, Andrei Tarkovsky, Nikolai Dostal and many more are very important to me. However, my main inspiration is life itself, the unpredictable, constant flow of actions and events.

Can you tell us a bit about the focus of your work? What did you want the images to capture?

I like photography to have some randomness to it. I have one sole approach - pure improvisation, nothing else. I feel that the less control we have over the situation, the bigger chance we have of achieve the goal. In our heads we have a lot of patterns, which quite often make us think of specific ideas and images. But photography is much wider than the scope of our personal viewfinder, so I try to act intuitively and dynamically. Of course, it doesn’t always work out, from time to time there are situations where I simply stand still in the same spot waiting for something, that "something" may happen, or it may not.. But, I like playing this game of the unknown. That's probably why I do documentary photography - you never know what awaits you, where you’ll go next or who you could meet. You can’t even be sure whether you’ll have time to shoot. But you know for sure, that this moment is never going to happen again.