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Penza (09.2011)

Founded in 1663, the Penza region lies in the heart of Russia's black earth zone and is an important agricultural center. Just Six hundred and twenty-five kilometers (388 miles) southeast of
Moscow, the region is an important industrial and educational center and birthplace of famous Russian poet, writer, and painter Mikhail Lermontov.

Rustem's grandmother was born in a village in this region more than 100 years ago. She left when she was 17 and returned once with then eight year old Rustem more than forty years ago.
Rustem visited the village during this trip, walked around asking if anyone remembered his grandmother, and soon enough was dining with his long lost relatives.
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  • Cafe dog.
  • Белла.
  • Target practice.
  • Café Jean-Paul.
  • Photos on the wall in café Jean-Paul.
  • Night time chess in Penza.
  • Memorial to those who lost their lives in Afghanistan.
  • Memorial eternal flame.
  • A Ural sidecar.
  • Добровольные работы на восстановлении кладбищенского храма в деревне Куракино.
  • The remains of Prince Alexander Kurakin's estate.
  • These locals have taken it upon themselves to restore the former Kurakin Family estate.
  • Село Куракино. Субботник на восстановлении храма.
  • село Куракино, Пензенская область. Крестьяне решили сами начать восстанавливать старинную церковь на кладбище, созданную во времена Куракина.
  • A body of one of the Kurakin family members was recently fund during the restoration.
  • Homegrown scaffolding.
  • Restoring the Kurakin Estate is a purely local initiative with all work being done by people who live in the village.
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  • село Куракино,  деревенская жительница была горда тем, что я сфотографировал её лошадь.
  • Rustem on the grounds of former Prince Kurakin's family estate. На развалинах имения князя Куракина.
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