
Rally Rodina. Island of Exile
Sakhalin Island is where the author was born. Three stories about how a country "bruised by its own vastness," in Nikolai Berdyaev's apt phrase, treats its "serf" citizens.
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Sakhalin Island is where the author was born. Three stories about how a country "bruised by its own vastness," in Nikolai Berdyaev's apt phrase, treats its "serf" citizens.

The story of the 2019 expedition retracing the route of Russian traveler Gombojab Tsybikov into early-20th-century Tibet. How Tibet has changed over 120 years — and how its perception by others has shifted.

In the summer of 2022 the author — a passionate motorcyclist — rode from European Paris to Siberian Tobolsk. An inspiring story of resolve and a fascination with the unknown: a reflection on the meaninglessness of war for an ordinary person and on the power of science and technology.

Distant roads beckon many, but few dare a circumnavigation. Maxim Privezentsev fulfilled a long-held dream and crossed five continents — through savannas and deserts, four-thousand-meter passes and the rough outskirts of Latin American cities, the favelas of Rio and the beaches of Cape Town, along the Great Wall of China and legendary Route 66.