1. Russia Redux • Возвращающаяся Россия

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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Surgeons at work.
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Surgeons at work.

PenzaPenza regionRussiarusurusu photographyПензаПензенская обпастьФедерального кардихирургического центрFederal Cardiology CenterPenza Russia

  • Rustem's shot of his own echocadiogram.
  • Комната психологической разгрузки. Relaxation room at the Cardiology Center.
  • Swimming pool at the Cardiology Center.
  • Сауна в кардиоцентре. The Cardiology Center's sauna.
  • Nurses outside the operating room.
  • A 'normal' operating bed.
  • Rustem dressed for surgery.
  • In the operating room at the Federal Cardiology Center.
  • Drozhdov filming open heart surgery.
  • Surgeons at work.
  • Open heart surgery patient.
  • Open heart surgery being performed at the Federal Heart Center in Penza;
  • Operating room nurse checking that all's in order.
  • Doctors performing open heart surgery.
  • Open heart surgery.
  • Oxygen.
  • Operating room equipment.
  • Lenin in Penza.
  • Губернатор Пензенской области Василий Бочкарёв. Penza's Governor, Vasiliy Bochkarev.
  • Penza's Drama Theater.
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