Geolyrics: an attempt to understand the phenomenon of territory and the person who lives on it.
We still don’t know what the Far East is. Can we use this strange label that combines the Chukchi tundra and Primorye subtropics, the Yakut pole of cold and Kuril bamboo? Do we realize that this land came to Russia not through rivalry with the East, but with the West? What is unique about this special-purpose territory—the genuine boundary between Europe and Asia, where the mainland meets the ocean, and where there is little population?
All these questions are answered by writer and journalist Vasily Avchenko, addressing those who first laid paths there, developed and defended, lived in the Far East.
“Vasily Avchenko continues to explore a very important theme for me: the identification of a person of the Far East. Doesn’t matter whether you were born here, lived and worked for some time or your entire life… It seems to me that ‘Dalvostok’ is more than karma—it’s a kind of lifelong enchantment with no antidote. You simply need to be able to live with it and learn to explain everything about yourself not only to others, but also to yourself.”