Walk through the village of Rychkovo, which is located almost on the border between the Samara and Orenburg regions. The village is small, according to the 2010 census - a little less than 400 people. Now even less. Many houses are half abandoned. Perhaps their owners come there only in the summer. Although, apparently, once the village was large, with a large landowner's estate, a large park with a lake and a distillery. Now it is all in ruins.
The title photo is a local landmark. A large metal vat assembled from pieces of metal. Assembled without a single welding seam, only with rivets. But still sealed. This chan, according to local residents, is over 100 years old, it is the same age as the village itself
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Once upon a time, local craftsmen adapted a pipe to a spring so that water would flow into a vat. In winter, respectively, the water does not freeze, and for baptism people plunge into this vat.
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Former kindergarten. Currently not working
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The purpose of this building remains a mystery. Obviously not a residential building - something administrative. Possibly related to the factory. Now abandoned and slowly falling apart
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Landscapes of rural life - the goby is resting on the grass
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