Until the Soviet authorities “ameliorated” so much of the Pripet Marshes out of existence and radically distorted the region’s ecology and environment, Polesians traveled much more by boat. One now rarely has the privilege to see a Polesian poling quietly through the marshes on a locally-made boat (chovjen’ or dub, the latter word — meaning oak — reflecting that these boats used to be made from hollowed-out oak trunks).
Vjeras’nitsa 2010/Верасьніца 2010 год
