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The windows of the house in the first pictures are very peculiar. Is it typical of Russia or of this particular place?

they look quite usual to me.

That sort of answers my question, LOL

Je confirme, c'est du double vitrage à la russe: Deux fenêtres séparées d'une vingtaine de centimètres, chacune étant subdivisées en fenêtres de tailles diverses - pour permettre je suppose une aération variable sans se les geler l'hiver quand il fait -30 dehors !

wow! sounds great! is this latin? anyway, i translated it with altavista and can say that you are probably right: fortochki (openable quarters in the upper part of a window) provide somewhat finer climat-control in the winter: you can open them without disturbing the whole of the window which is traditionally glued up with stripes of paper in winter to stop any tiny draught from outside. and since fortochka is placed in the very upper part of the window cold air getting inside and going down is distibuted more evenly around the room.

and i wondered why i couldn't find a satisfying translation for 'fortochka', heh-heh-heh. window leaf!

that clappy thing up the window!

Ah oui, c'est astucieux !

that's how we russians are, astucieux. trés astucieux.

I like all of these, but especially the long-john underpants, hanging in isolation, high up among the trees :)

Yeah how the hell did they get there?

To answer Anon.'s question, I think I can see two wires, so I'm picking they can be wound out and in.

what a sly little contraption :))

Or maybe raised and lowered from the ground.

Though hardly sly, as it's a common form of clothes line in some places...

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