“Salarievo” (2019 — 2020)

The former borders of Moscow have been recently enlarged by a huge suburban territory, the
so-called “New Moscow”. As a result, the Salarievo district has formally transformed from an
outskirt area to the geographical center of the Capital. The life in Salarievo differs though from
the actual city center. So, going there seems like a journey through time or to a different
country. The photographer explores this life on a break, its environment, multiplicity and the
way people live there.
Three pools, six streets.
Uzbek night bakery.
Uncle Misha the watchman, ex-sniper.
Legends of a clandestine mosque in the Buddhist temple.
The change house with a gilded cupola on the site of the church of the Tikhvin Icon of the
Mother of God.
Squatter-dorms.
Lack of drainage.
The filled in Solid Domestic Waste polygon used for watching fireworks.
The village between a scrapyard, a hardware market, a cemetery, a metro shed and a new
buildings district.
Geographical center of Moscow.
Hope of surviving.