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Travel in search of the Russian spirit

A boy's journey in search of the magic Russian spirit
By Ksenia Isaeva
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For centuries, writers, poets, composers and painters tried to catch and pass the magical Russian spirit.
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What is it? It's hard to explain...
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...but to capture and transmit is even more difficult.
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Russian photographer Dmitry Rogozhkin was born in a small town of Malmizh, in Kirovsk region (around 945 km east of Moscow).
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In his works, he tried to convey his connection to his home land, to share the charm of each season with the audience, to show vast expanses, colorful forests, snowy roads.
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Dmitry went to his home grounds in search of inspiration.
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Here, the forest and the animals are as if from a fairy tale...
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... where the scenery is changeable over time and extremely beautiful.
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So everywhere he accompanies his photos with a quote from Pushkin's poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila": "There is the Russian spirit, it smells of Russia there…"
May 5, 2015
Tags: russia, people

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