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Artistic reconstruction based on the account recorded by Boris Ryabinin. True Stories Based on an account recorded by Boris Ryabinin, who heard the story in the Stavropol region. It was March. In the Caucasus, winter was not yet ready to leave. In the mountains, a quiet day could turn within minutes into a snowstorm that erased paths, tracks and any sense of direction. That was how it all began. A blizzard swept across the pastures. The wind battered the flock, snow swirled around the...

A story of the Karachay livestock guardian dogs — baskhan pariy In November 1943, tragedy descended upon the Karachay people. By decision of the Soviet authorities, the Karachays were forcibly deported from their homeland in the North Caucasus. The official accusations concerned collaboration by part of the population with the German occupation authorities, resistance to the restoration of Soviet power, and “banditry”. But the punishment was not imposed only on individuals accused of...

A story told by Tetiana Polozhentseva, owner of the Star Escort kennel. Tetiana’s daughter had grown up surrounded by dogs, but at that time her husband was firmly against having animals in the apartment. He was building a house, already had enough to worry about, and believed that a dog was the last thing the family needed just then. But someone who has grown up with dogs finds it hard to get used to a home without them. And Tetiana’s daughter missed having a dog beside her terribly. One day...