The weather conditions in the form of fog and frost created just another planet from this place. The silence was so intense that it seemed as if thoughts had a sound!
Nikolskoye is a village in the Ust-Kubinsky district of the Vologda region. It is the administrative center of a rural settlement. Vologda is 110 km away.
I came here for the dugouts and the atmosphere of the ancient village, but I didn't take many shots because of the heavy fog.
It was shining aurora in the sky that night, but the fog covered everything.
I will remember this trip because I had a very bad headache...perhaps due to a magnetic storm or a drop in atmospheric pressure.
It's the quietest place I've ever been in.
I mean the settlements where more than a hundred people live.
Why do they say that silence is oppressive?
We are used to hearing the constant micro-sounds of our vital activity.
And when there are no sounds at all, it creates a feeling of deafness.
I didn't want to walk around Nikolskoye at all, because any rustle would break this silence.
At such moments, you want the wind to blow or a car to pass...at least something would create some sounds...