This is a film about the life and unique culture of the indigenous inhabitants of the village of Turgenevka,
Bayandaevsky district, Irkutsk region.
Here, on the shores of sacred Lake Baikal, Russia's most famous countryside has been home for some 120 years.
Belarusian diaspora. The village was founded by Byelorussian settlers - at a time when
the Siberian expanses during the Stolypin reform.
Today, 460 people live in Turgenevka - their direct descendants. Belarusian traditions
preserved on the Baikal soil: locals celebrate Kupala, Dozhinki, Gukanne
Viasny, take part in the potato harvest and sing folk songs.
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