Beautiful places of Russia part 2

What I want to describe in part 2 is Inta. Small city in Komi Republic. I’ll start from train. When there are longer stops you can jump out and buy pirozkhi (пирожки) – my favorite with cowberries and apples. There will definitely be some local sellers. It’s their only income – to wait until train stops and some people buy their products. So every time we buy homemade fir oil – great for every disease. Don’t buy mulberry (морошка) – it looks cute, like yellow raspberry, but taste is very weak. Of course that’s the point – to taste as much as possible in new places, especially fruits, vegetables. Anyway, after 3 days in train (with short change in Moscow) I am in Inta. City is small, people are nice. Kids use skis to “go for a walk”. When it’s (at least) -25 you can see Aurora Borealis – something beautiful. Snow is everywhere, but for example in summer it can be extremely warm and place is full of mosquitoes. Nature is stunning! That’s one of those things that makes me want to go back there again and again. And the only thing that I’ll never understand is Komi language. It’s complicated. My grand mom was the only person who spoke it. Komi language is an Uralic language (from Ural-Altaic languages family), different from Russian, Polish, English, German etc. Alphabet is the same (with some new letters), and that’s the only similarity. Most of people when hear word “Russia” thinks of Kremlin, Putin, vodka and Siberian bears. The truth is that it’s a great country, different from others and every part of Russia is specific – wild and wonderful. So after Moscow and St. Petersburg – all other places wait for you.

local sellers

citiy center and kids going for a ski walking

Coat of Arms of Inta

typical cottage

snow pavement - it was as long as me (160 cm) - March