Russian Travel Guide

Fisherman and Traveller Dmitri Drozdov

Dmitry Drozdov is an experienced fisherman, traveller and writer. He is an advocate for humane fishing and is helping to develop a new type of fishing in Russia – fly fishing. He is trying to change society’s view of fishing: He always releases a fish after he’s caught it and hopes that others will follow his example. Drozdov’s extreme love of fishing has led him to travel the world. By the age of thirty he had already managed to go fishing in Europe, North and South America and all over Russia. Drozdov however, is not the only one that gets enjoyment from his trips – in articles he describes his travels and experiences in detail for other fly fishermen, explaining how to catch different types of fish depending on the part of the world you’re in.

Patchwork embroidery in Yuryevets

The city of Yuravets on the Upper Volga is almost 800 years old. People in the area have always cultivated flax and local seamstresses were known all over for their skills. In the 21st century seamstresses don’t weave, but make multi-coloured patchwork quilts from scraps of material. Although quilting is a craft done all over the world, different peoples began doing it at different points in time and for varying reasons. In Russia, for example, there is manual of rules, advice and instructions from the 16th century called “Domostroy,” which includes detailed descriptions of different cuts of dresses, how to best sort and save scraps of fabric and how to repair ready-made clothing. In the 20th century, patchwork became a kind of art – it served as a type of welcome for avant-garde and futuristic artists and has nowadays become a popular hobby.

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