A TREAT FOR THE MOON (2025)

65 years ago, the place of Yugorsk was an impenetrable Siberian taiga. These places in Western Siberia were called “dead forest” by the indigenous peoples. There were no commercial animals here, the temperature dropped below -50, and almost half of the territory was swamped. After the end of the war the country needed timber and in the early 60's the construction of the railroad began here, the first logging settlements appeared. One of them is Komsomolsky settlement. Enthusiasts from different regions of the Soviet Union go to the harsh conditions of Siberia, build houses and families here. Now the descendants of the first geologists and indigenous minorities of the North live here together. It has been more than 30 years since the village of Komsomolsky became the town of Yugorsk. Logging was replaced by the development of gas fields. Now the largest gas transportation company in the world — Gazprom Transgaz Yugorsk — is located here, and there is almost nothing to remind of the small settlement where the first geologists came. Meanwhile, there are still pioneers and people who made the settlement with a couple hundred people a town.