Urals through the eyes of an Italian photographer
This month I met several tourists who deal with photography. In early September 3 Italian tourists asked me to organize two tours in the Urals. One of them was a professional photgrapher Diego Fiorovanti. His blog on photgraphy: http://
On the first day we went to the village of Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha, an open air museum of wooden architecture
In Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha. Photo by Diego Fioravanti
In Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha. Photo by Diego Fioravanti
It was the 1st of September - 1st day of the new school year. We met many kids and Diego came up with an idea to make a photo report about the generation without communism. See all photos here https://diegofioravantifotografia.wordpress.com/portfolio-2/a-generation-without-comunism/
Children in Nizhnyaya Sinyachikha. Photo by Diego Fioravanti
Children in the restaurant of Alapayevsk. Photo by Diego Fioravanti
On the second day we went to the Military Museum in Verkhnyaya Pyshma and met schoolchildren there too.
Military Museum of Verkhnyaya Pyshma. Photo by Diego Fioravanti
Military Museum of Verkhnyaya Pyshma. Photo by Diego Fioravanti
In the museum we had an interesting encounter. One of the Italians Giuseppe from Rome found out that his grandfather and the grandfather of Roman, the museum worker, had been stationed on the opposite banks of the same river in the Crimea during the Second World War. Of course, they had been fighting against each other those days. Today Roman teaches schoolchildren about how to prevent wars. Giuseppe received a present from Roman and promised to send the photos of his grand father for the school archive.
Roman, a teacher at the Military Museum. Photo by Diego Fioravanti
Military Museum of Verkhnyaya Pyshma. Photo by Diego Fioravanti
Our next stop was in Nizhni Tagil, the town known as TagilLag during the Second World War. From 1941 to 1945 over 63 thousands of political prisoners and German prisoners of war were brought to the Labout Camps of Tagil to build factories and work at quarries. About 40% of them died. All the cemeteries of TagilLag were destroyed after Stalin's death. We visited the site of a former cemetery in Nizhni Tagil. Today is just a field in the city.
Nizhni Tagil, a place of a former cemetery for the political prisoners of Gulag. Photo by Diego Fioravanti
Half of the city of Nizhni Tagil was build by prisoners. Today it's the second largest city in the middle Urals with many metallurgical plants. Tagil is also the largest tank producer in Russia. Maximum security prisons are still there.
In Nizhni Tagil. Photo by Diego Fioravanti
Check out other great photos of the Urals by Diego at his blog https://diegofioravantifotografia.wordpress.com/portfolio-2/a-generation-without-comunism/
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