Lifeline: A man nicknamed 'Barcelona' (left), Alexey Bolotov and Alexey Jakushin drink vodka as they travel by a motorised railcar on their way to Kalach, a remote village in the Russian Urals region of Sverdlovsk which lies at the end of the 100-mile line and is home to just 12 people
'It used to get pretty boring': Sergei plays the accordion for Vassa, his partially deaf mother in their house in the village of Kalach, where there are no telephones and no mobile reception and electricity has only been supplied for a few hours in the evening for about the past decade
Vassa, 86, who suffers from hearing difficulties, poses in her house in the village of Kalach where she is cared for her son Sergei
Isolated: Snow covers the ground in the village of Kalach. The forestry industry here suffered when the former Soviet Union imploded and people moved away in search of work in the steelmaking city of Yekaterinburg and beyond
Humble existence: Local resident Lyudmila stands in a goat barn at her house in the village of Kalach in a remote corner of the Russian Urals
An abandoned house stands in the village of Kalach. Most of the residents of Kalach, the youngest of whom is aged 34, are self-sufficient
Abandoned: In the remote corner of the Russian Urals region of Sverdlovsk, the tiny villages like Kalach are shadows of their former selves
People wait to board a train in the village of Ugolnaya. Many people who live along the Alapayevsk narrow-gauge railway do not earn enough to buy a car and so depend on the railway for transportation. Train tickets cost between 10 and 50 cents
An engine driver's assistant attaches a train carriage to TU4 Soviet narrow-gauge diesel locomotives in Muratkovo, Sverdlovsk region
Engine driver Alexander Kuznetsov, 53, drives a train through the village of Strokinka along the 100-miletailway line in Sverdlovsk region
People travel inside a train on the route from Ugolnaya station to Elnichnaya station in Sverdlovsk region, Russia
Car tyres painted in the colours of the Russian flag stand in front of the administration building in Sankin, a town of 600 in Sverdlovsk region
The Jakushin family (l to r) Egor, Alexey and Lena, pose for a picture in their home in Sankin which has a population of around 600
Local residents Elena, Olga, Galina and Tatiana drink and eat at the House of Culture in Sankin, Sverdlovsk region, Russia
Local resident Alexander fertilises the soil with ash in a greenhouse in Sankin. Three decades ago 600 people called the village home, but the local forestry industry suffered as the former Soviet Union imploded and people moved away in search of work
Snow lies on a railway bridge near Sankin, where Kalach residents get their post delivered and collect their state pensions once a month
In a remote corner of the Russian Urals region of Sverdlovsk, tiny villages are shadows of their former selves. For the few local residents, a narrow-gauge railway is their lifeline.
The tracks end at Kalach, home to just a dozen people, all of them adults.
The forestry industry here suffered when the former Soviet Union imploded and people moved away in search of work in the steelmaking city of Yekaterinburg and beyond.
About 600 people lived in Kalach about 30 years ago. 'Those were the days,' said Alexander, who used to work in the forestry business.
The tracks end at Kalach, home to just a dozen people, all of them adults.
The forestry industry here suffered when the former Soviet Union imploded and people moved away in search of work in the steelmaking city of Yekaterinburg and beyond.
About 600 people lived in Kalach about 30 years ago. 'Those were the days,' said Alexander, who used to work in the forestry business.
'It used to get pretty boring': Sergei plays the accordion for Vassa, his partially deaf mother in their house in the village of Kalach, where there are no telephones and no mobile reception and electricity has only been supplied for a few hours in the evening for about the past decade
Vassa, 86, who suffers from hearing difficulties, poses in her house in the village of Kalach where she is cared for her son Sergei
Isolated: Snow covers the ground in the village of Kalach. The forestry industry here suffered when the former Soviet Union imploded and people moved away in search of work in the steelmaking city of Yekaterinburg and beyond
Humble existence: Local resident Lyudmila stands in a goat barn at her house in the village of Kalach in a remote corner of the Russian Urals
Alexander poses with a gun in his house. He recalled the trains that used to take timber from forests to the railhead in the town of Alapayevsk
An abandoned house stands in the village of Kalach. Most of the residents of Kalach, the youngest of whom is aged 34, are self-sufficient
Abandoned: In the remote corner of the Russian Urals region of Sverdlovsk, the tiny villages like Kalach are shadows of their former selves
People wait to board a train in the village of Ugolnaya. Many people who live along the Alapayevsk narrow-gauge railway do not earn enough to buy a car and so depend on the railway for transportation. Train tickets cost between 10 and 50 cents
An engine driver's assistant attaches a train carriage to TU4 Soviet narrow-gauge diesel locomotives in Muratkovo, Sverdlovsk region
Engine driver Alexander Kuznetsov, 53, drives a train through the village of Strokinka along the 100-miletailway line in Sverdlovsk region
People travel inside a train on the route from Ugolnaya station to Elnichnaya station in Sverdlovsk region, Russia
Car tyres painted in the colours of the Russian flag stand in front of the administration building in Sankin, a town of 600 in Sverdlovsk region
The Jakushin family (l to r) Egor, Alexey and Lena, pose for a picture in their home in Sankin which has a population of around 600
Local residents Elena, Olga, Galina and Tatiana drink and eat at the House of Culture in Sankin, Sverdlovsk region, Russia
Local resident Alexander fertilises the soil with ash in a greenhouse in Sankin. Three decades ago 600 people called the village home, but the local forestry industry suffered as the former Soviet Union imploded and people moved away in search of work
Snow lies on a railway bridge near Sankin, where Kalach residents get their post delivered and collect their state pensions once a month
Source: Daily Mail
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