Mr. "K."--Russia

[Man and woman loading freight cars with rocks to make cement in a factory, Russia]

[Man walking through a tunnel covered in elaborate paintings at Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[An old stone mason working on a carving outside Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[An old stone mason working on a carving outside Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[An old stone mason working on a carving outside Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[Young man mixing paint on a palette while standing in front of his canvas and easel at Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[Young man mixing paint on a palette while standing in front of his canvas and easel at Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

Evening meal on the border of Chechnya and Ingushetia

Newspaper: Afghan Rebels Courted by U.S. and Russia to Defy Taliban

[Railroad tracks in an empty land, Cerna?, Russia-Czech border]