Village of Staraya Racheyka: melancholy and decay

in #photography3 years ago

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Staraya Racheyka is a village in the Samara region, in the Syzran region. The village is old, the first mention of it dates back to 1663-1669. At that time, these lands belonged to the Moscow Ascension Convent. In Soviet times, there was a collective farm "The Way to Communism" and a consumer services factory. Now none of this is left. The population of the village is a little over 2000 people.

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