Elizaveta Koroleva

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Elizaveta Koroleva

Once the populous Russian-Tatar village Tankaevka gradually comes to desolation. Abandoned wooden houses gap with windows failures, orchards overgrow with swan and bird cherry trees. Nevertheless, the life of the remaining twelve inhabitants continues: they leisurely repair a rusty tractor, knit birch brooms, sculpt dumplings and, recalling the past, sing old forgotten songs.