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The artist Vasily Golubev — an informal portrait
St. Petersburg artist Vasily Golubyev is known for his graphic art, paintings and large- and small-scale sculpture works. The subjects of his art are regular people from his everyday life. His everyday life however seems to be quite full of humour and lyricism, giving his work an extra element of interest and attracting people to him and his craft. With his good sense of irony and sharp sense of humour Vasily Golubyev captures the beauty in ordinary moments and also sometimes works to avoid it.
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The artist Vasily Golubev — an informal portrait
Fishing Festival on Bolshoi Utrish Island
Tourists looking to relax on the beach aren’t the only ones that head to Russia’s Black Sea resorts in the summer – fishing aficionados grab their poles and line the banks to take part in the spin fishing festival. Dozens of people flock to the village of Bolshoi Utrish, located 15 kilometres outside of the resort-city of Anapa, for the three-day festival. This part of the Black Sea coast however, is not the easiest to manoeuvre; the area is rocky due the fact that the coastline is formed by large boulder deposits. But this is exactly what the fishermen need. They are interested in the marine predators that frequent rocky coasts: Black scorpionfish, gobies and horse mackerel. If they’re extra lucky, they might even catch a croaker. Here the prime fishing season lasts from the end of May through October, but the most avid fishermen visit Bolshoi Utrish year round. The hunt for the sea pr...
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