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I love to hate Yekaterinburg — my ugly hometown in the Urals, right on the border between Europe and Asia. It’s the only place I can suddenly return to, take a bunch of photos, and leave without a hint of regret — fully aware of all the reasons I once left it.
I’ve been off the social grid for quite a while now. I’d say it’s been well over a year since I stopped checking the feeds regularly or out of boredom. I still take a peek every once in a while, but it’s rather never than often. And so what? Nothing, really. No sudden revelations, no dr...
Life after 30 is as dull as it gets if you’ve had your share of experiences, left your past behind, and settled in a small town where nothing ever happens. At that point, you either start chasing very expensive rainbows or learn to enjoy the same simple pleasures over and over again. Kraków is a ...
On June 1st, Poles were electing a new president. The old one, inherited from the previous ruling coalition of national-conservatives, served his sentence, and is ready to ride off into the sunset, leaving a chemtrail of not-so-funny political memes. The current government was formed in late 2...
Poland is supposedly one of the least LGBT-friendly countries in the EU. According to the Rainbow Map, it just gave up its last-place spot to Romania. One could argue that even that is still years ahead of the global average. But should that be enough? I don’t think so. I believe that in any s...
I started this blog in 2009, back when reading was still a thing. It began in Russian, but now I’m happy to finally share some of my latest posts in English as well. Photography has been my hobby since ’08, when I took my first loan and got a brand-new Canon 450D with 12 mpx of raw power (and ...