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Pavel Volkov

Photographer

Pavel Volkov

Pagans in Russia

You may find a couple of pagan traditions in modern Russia. They exist among the locals in Siberia, Volga region, far North and even in central regions. You may find pagans not only among Tyva locals or Mari people. They may also live  in megapolis  such as Moscow or St.Petersburg. Recently we face a huge interest towards rodnovers moment, or as they say - religion. We can try to describe it as a reconstruction of before-Christian pagans beliefs of ancient Slavic tribes. The goal is to rebuilt ancient Slavic beliefs and rites. It is also possible to say that modern Slavic paganism is a try to unite people in a kind of subculture based on pagans ideas.
Some rodnovers do their rites of purification and naming. The main sense of it is to receive a new name. They even have built a pagan temple in one of Russian regions.

Pavel Volkov

Russian photographer, actually lives in Moscow.
Started his career in photojournalism as a freelance photographer, contributed to a couple of photo agencies in Moscow and St.Petersburg. Studied photojournalism in Galperin photofaculty and Dutch School of media. Participated in workshops organized by VU and NOOR agencies. Participant of New York Times portfolio review and Houston photofestival portfolio review. Works of photographer were shown during screenings of Visa pour l’image photofestival in Perpignan, France. Participated in numerous exhibitions in Russia and abroad. Covered the events on the Maidan, in the Crimea and south-east of the Ukraine, collaborates to Russian and international media. His main activity as a photographer, covers a wide range of social issues, mainly in Russia. He is interested in long-term projects devoted to the problems and phenomena of modern Russian society. Youth and religious movements, subcultures, army subjects, Paralympic sports attract interest of photographer.