Pomors

The film tells about the Pomors of the Tersk coast of the Kola Peninsula, living in the village of Varzuga - an ancient Russian settlement located on the banks of the Varzuga River, which flows into the White Sea. One of the participants in the film, Archpriest Mitrofan Badanin, who commanded the ships of the Northern Fleet for most of his life, shares his thoughts about the fate of the village of Varzuga, talks about the characters of the people living in it. 1 part. A man in front of a helicopter talks about the recent increase in the number of tourists, not only interested in the nature of the Far North, but also hunting and fishing (sinhr.). Archpriest Mitrofan Badanin talks about the Pomors of the Kola Peninsula (sinhr.). General view of the Varzuga River and the village of the same name on the river bank. Part 2. Archpriest Mitrofan Badanin tells about the way of life of the Pomors of the Kola Peninsula (syncronized and behind the scenes), about the village of Varzuga, about the connection between the Pomors and the Lapps. General view of the oldest church in Tersk Pomorie - the Assumption Church in the woods. View of a snow-covered village. Young guys - residents of the village of Varzuga talk (sinhr.) About the sea, about their life in the village, about fishing. Anchors on the river bank. Fishermen walk between the nets stretched for drying. View of old photographs depicting the life of the Lapps. Part 3. General view in the forest of an old half-abandoned Old Believer cemetery with grave wooden crosses. Two elderly women are sitting on a bench near the house, talking, singing a folk song (sinhr.). Young guys talk about how hard it is to go fishing in autumn and spring, when it is cold, that spring begins only at the end of April, and snowstorms occur in April. The girl talks about how the village youth rests in the summer by the sea (sinhr.). Fishermen in the sea catch fish with a seine. Archpriest Mitrofan Badanin tells (sync. And off-screen.) About how the identity of the village of Vartuza, which for a long time was in solitude and isolation due to the lack of a road, is being destroyed, but the world is also invading the distant village of Vartuza. The business associated with the trade in ancient icons touched the village, where two icons were stolen from an old church. This theft offended and hurt people. General view of the sunset. Two women in the background are picking berries.

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Alexander Laneev, Zhanna Romanova