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Among the People

Yaroslavl’s Sergei Pimenov: Defying the Physics of Life

2017-02-13 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Sergei Pimanov

Yaroslav’s Sergei Pimanov was a physics professor once, but the fates and a bad system abandoned him to a different fate. Today he teaches love and life, selling his magnets and magnetic charm on the streets of the city.

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Among the People of Russia: Vitaly Vakhrushev

2017-01-25 by Phil Butler

Valentin in Yaroslavl

We met the man in the Summer of 2016. We noticed him every time we passed the city center on business. In the evenings he was always there, this good-natured 70-year-old, always, always smiling. On our first meeting I stopped just to say hello, this is when I learned his name is Valentin.

Tags: Among the People, Russia people, Russian photographers, Russians, Vitaly Vakhrushev, Yaroslavl

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