We had driven nearly an hour and a half across snow dusted fields, and in and out of the most gorgeous woods you will find in Russia. As we turned into the village we were met by a man coming down the road on a horse drawn sleigh. The large wooden runners slipped easily through the light newly fallen snow. He stood on a low platform in front of his load of hay. A wooden yoke arched over the horse's head in a half circle. But for this and a woman walking with her young boy, the village was a quiet as a church, and ours the only car. . . . Marinsk was settled in 1783 and was named for Maria Demidov. She was what was known as an Old Believer. Her husband, a wealthy factory owner, consented to her wish to make their home there amongst the peasant villagers to whom she thereafter devoted herself. Her kindness became legendary and the peasants renamed the village in her honor.
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