Provincial spirit

And so, let's take a walk today along the cozy old streets of Veliky Ustyug.
Pavlo Pokrovsky Street, a beautiful house, a monument of architecture ... it's a pity that he is resettled and soon a sad fate can befall if it is not protected in time.

And so, access into it is free.

View from the balcony of this beautiful house.

In Russia there are many cities, where cozy colorful courtyards with wooden houses were left. It's clear that life in such houses is one big disappointment. The attitude of our authorities can also be understood - where to get so many new apartments to move people from dilapidated and emergency housing? Although in our city program is very vast.

There are a lot of old wooden houses in our city. On the one hand, they attract tourists, artists, photographers who come here for the provincial color and the spirit of antiquity, but on the other hand, no one envies people living in such houses.

Wooden architecture, perhaps, we will not be able to save even in the age of nanotechnology...this must be taken as a fact. Another thing is the stone architectural monuments. Here they can stand for a long time, even without due care.

Another ancient place in Veliky Ustyug is the gate of the former Ioanno-Predtechensky monastery, which has not survived to our days. And if it were not for the general destruction of Orthodoxy in the early 20th century, now there would be a unique monastery here, unlike any existing in Russia.

It's hard to be a photographer who likes to shoot landscape and architecture, because you have to love what you shoot...and it's hard to see when nobody else appreciates it except for you.

Take care of your small homeland!