Pomors

We are looking for ourselves our place in the disturbing present in the vague future sometimes looking into the past we avert our eyes in fright Meanwhile in our country not on that European patch where we hustle constantly complaining but on the whole vast Russian expanse another life breathes It depends little on everything that is commonly called the values of civilization but it breathes deeply The harsh nature of the north vast deserted expanses sea and river fisheries as one of the main sources of life support all this formed a unique way of life for Russia its own culture and even its own special language which Lomonosov attributed along with Russian and Little Russian to the three main Russian dialects All this together created a completely special human type a special Pomor character rooted in the White Sea land and absolutely selfsufficient in this rootedness