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Kuvshinovo, Soligalich, Pestyaki, Ostashkov, Gryazovets, Krasnye Baki... For Mikhail Baru, traveling through the backwaters of Moscow, Ivanovo, Vologda, Tver, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod and Kostroma regions is not only a study of the contradictory history of Russia, but also an opportunity to see the image of our country that has formed outside the capitals, where traces of the past are clearly visible behind the slanted present. The ability to freely transition between times makes this space almost magical, and the author-traveler enthusiastically chronicles the metamorphoses that happen every now and then not only to the residents of these places, but also to himself. Mikhail Baru is a poet, prose writer, translator, and chemical engineer.