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In the section "Small towns of Russia" we will go to the most beautiful village of the Vladimir region. Vezhbolovo won this title at a regional competition, ahead of villages with a population of more than three thousand people. Only six people live there all year round.
The friendliness of the Vezhbol residents can be seen even at the entrance to the village. To everyone who turns here from a broken road, a homemade emoticon waves his hand from a birch. Residents meet guests according to an old Russian custom - with a loaf.
The only street here is crowded only on weekends or holidays. There are only 34 houses in Vezhbolovo, in which 6 people live permanently. The rest are summer residents, mostly urban creative intelligentsia. A plot with carved gates was recently bought by a Reutov sculptor Yuri Sedykh. And Muscovite owners come to the brick building only in summer. Then the whole village gathers here for songs with a guitar.
Tatyana Sedykh, resident of Vezhbolovo:"A well-known writer, poetess lives in this house. Guseva Tatyana Izosimovna. She writes books, poems, prose, romances, organizes author's concerts.
Most houses in Vezhbolovo are over a century old. Only one new building has appeared in the last few years. Grandchildren of the hero of labor - tractor drivers Valentina Puklina on the site of the grandmother's ruins, a two-story mansion was erected. The dilapidated dwelling of a home front worker remained only in the picture, which was painted by the daughter of the village headman Viktor Tarasov
"This picture shows how our road used to be, even the reeds grew. Thanks to the villagers, year after year we made such a good road with our own money, you can drive a car along the bark at any time of the year."
In addition to arranging the road, the residents worked together to remove all rubbish, break up European lawns, decorate houses, fences, a surviving well, and even open a mini-wildlife park. A couple in love made of pots and an old samovar, as well as wooden figures of fairy-tale characters are the work of Viktor Tarasov. Sculptures, when a free minute is issued, he carves in his studio.
Viktor Tarasov, headman of Vezhbolovo:“It came to me literally a year ago. I have never done this. I don’t know why, but, as they say, it manifests itself before retirement, it probably happened to me.”
Viktor Vladimirovich copied Shapoklyak, a monkey and a giraffe from a book about Cheburashka, which he read to his grandchildren. Now he is working on a birch turtle. He saw this image in a shapeless stump from the forest. The next year, when the headman goes on a well-deserved rest and will not go to work in a neighboring village every day, he wants to carve a frog for a new playground.
Viktor Tarasov, headman of Vezhbolovo:"Well, this is just the beginning. There will be not only a beautiful village in the Vladimir region, but a village - a fairy tale."
For the first place in the competition of the most beautiful villages in the region, which was held at the end of September, the inhabitants of Vezhbolovo received a prize - 100 thousand rubles.
Vezhbolovtsy spent part of the Grand Prix on their old dream - a monument to fellow countrymen who died in the war. 50 people went to the front of the Great Patriotic War from here, only 28 returned back. In addition to this obelisk, a large memorial cross is planned to be erected here by the Victory Day.
In order to stand out among other contestants, the artistic council of Vezhbolovo came up with a coat of arms and wrote a hymn.
Wezhbolovtsy sing about herbs for good reason. It is environmentally friendly. There is not a single industrial production within 10 kilometers from the village. Therefore, knowledgeable people buy local honey in three-liter jars. The largest apiary in Vezhbolovo Oleg Shushkin. On his site, 70 bee colonies live in small houses with a gable roof. Oleg assures that this design is best suited for beekeeping. These hives do not need to be hidden from the cold, and honey is placed in them twice as much, thanks to the thick frames. They simplify the work of both the bee and the beekeeper.
Oleg Shukshin, beekeeper:"Here you need to open two of these, cut off the zabrus, and here one. And within these frameworks, she does not worm. Let's say autumn comes - you need to download honey. Within these frameworks, she cherished - how do you download?! No way. In these, we download faster, and more honey.
Oleg Shushkin has been engaged in beekeeping for 35 years. This season, his thoroughbred Carpathians, originally from Ukraine, brought two and a half tons of honey. Oleg has already sold most of the products in cans and bottles to regular customers. It wasn't even enough for everyone. Next year he plans to expand the apiary.
Oleg Shukshin, beekeeper:"Birch sap, honey and bee bread - we make mead. Very healthy, tasty, Suzdal is far from that. We will live, next year I have already left 350 liters of mead."
Looking at the success of Oleg, summer residents of Vezhbolovo are also planning to move here for permanent residence from the city. Four families are ready to breed bees and live here all year round, if the district authorities keep their promise and bring gas to the most beautiful village.
As old-timers say, Vezhbolov is over 400 years old. The name of the village was given by the first inhabitants of the Meryan tribe. In their language, "vezh" is water, and "bol" is a settlement. Modern Wezhbol residents are proud of water from a well and a spring. On it, the housewives cook delicious viburnum compote and pickle cucumbers.
In the city "House of Culture of Youth" the results of the competition "The most beautiful village of the Vladimir region" were summed up today. The winners were awarded diplomas, letters of thanks and cash prizes. For the third time the settlements of 33 regions compete with each other in the improvement and attractiveness of the territories.
The number of participants is growing every year, last year only 37 settlements took part in the competition, and this year their number increased to 47. There were two categories in the competition: small villages - up to 1000 inhabitants and large villages - up to 3500. Deputy Alexander Trutnev, Governor for Agriculture, congratulated the participants on behalf of Svetlana Orlova:
- The village is alive as long as traditions are observed in it and people live who are not indifferent to the fate of the hinterland.
The winner of the Grand Prix received a cash prize of 100 thousand rubles. The prize will be spent on the improvement of the village. The settlements that took the first places received 50 thousand rubles each, for the second place - 30 thousand rubles, for the third - 15 thousand rubles.
First, 11 villages with up to 3,500 people were awarded. In the first nomination "The most equipped village" won the village of Rukav, Sobinsky district. Nomination "The most mysterious village" - the village of Omoforovo, Sobinsky district. "The most flourishing village" - p. Irkovo of the Aleksandrovsky district, "The most beautiful name" - the village of Maysky, Aleksandrovsky district.
The director of the VGTRK - Vladimir - Andrey Filinov established the nomination "For the will to live", in which the village of Karelskaya Slobodka of the Yuryev-Polsky district won. “There are very few people in such villages, there are no roads, but they strive for the best, create museums, restore churches,” Andrey Filinov noted.
In the nomination "The most cinematic village" - the village of Mordysh, Suzdal region. "Rich cultural heritage" - the village of Krutovo, Petushinsky district. "The most fertile village" - the village of Spas-Kupalishche, Sudogodsky district. And the most promising village was the village of Likino, Sudogodsky district. In the "promising village" nomination, the village of Novoe Kovrovsky district was named.
The most hospitable village was the village of Orekhovoe - Sobinsky district. In the nomination "For fidelity to traditions" the village of Markovo, Petushinsky district, was in the lead. "The most caring village" - Serpovo, Vyaznikovsky district. "The most advanced village" - Dmitrievy Gory Melenkovsky. "The best courtyard" - the village of Kunitsino, Kameshkovsky district and the village of Gostets, Petushinsky district.
The most economic village is Cheganovo, Sobinsky district. And the kindest village, according to the jury, was the village of Lyakhi, Melenkovsky district.
The winners of the competition in the number of up to 1000 thousand inhabitants were:
1st place - Kunitsyno village, Kameshkovsky district;
2nd place - Matveevka village, Selivanovsky district;
3rd place - the village of Snegirevo, Kolchuginsky district.
Points, numbering from 1.5 to 3 thousand, here the leaders are:
1st place - the village of Turgenevo, Melenkovsky district;
2nd place - the village of Golovino, Sudogodsky district;
3rd place - the village of Nebyloye, Yuryev-Polsky district.
As planned by the organizers, the competition will help preserve the rural historical and cultural heritage, and will also contribute to the development of rural tourism and increase the attractiveness of rural areas.
Of course, in one race we did not get to visit all the participants, but visited only four villages and villages. And in general, this trip, it seems to me, went under the following motto:
True, I expected that everything would be organized a little differently, that the villages themselves would show us, just those beauties, because of which they applied for participation in the competition, but ... the concept of beauty in the villages is a little different, as it turned out.
Although no, the first place where we were dropped off in Golovino, for example, was a church - beautiful, albeit remodeled.
But Golovino is generally a young village, it has existed only since the beginning of the last century, so everything here is relatively new. Here is the playground, too, completely new - akurat near the church:
Actually, there is a center of life next to the church. And not only ... Here, for example, a monument to the fallen here:
Although besides this place in the village there is another center - cultural. House of Culture. More precisely, a house of culture :)
There we were met bread and salt delicious charlotte...
And met with local craftsmen. For example, with those who make wonderful things from birch bark:
There are also a lot of curious things in the school next to the house of culture ...
And curious :) 
Bike parking at the school
School Museum: 
Well, they are great again. Lots of greats! :) This is already near one of the local industries:
And there are several industries. They wanted to drag us through everyone, but there was not enough time :)
Well, in general, you probably guessed that the main decoration of Golovino is people :) No jokes, by the way. The people work, study, try to do everything possible to make life in the village good. It's very nice to look at this.
But in the next settlement, in Moshka, no one was waiting for us. It can be seen that everyone was busy, they were not up to us. Although there would just be something to tell here, the village has a rich history. But no, it means no: (We wandered ourselves without a goal and a vector.
Institution: 
Human houses Moshka:
bird house: 
Again, the church
Again a monument to the fallen:
Place of rest for locals:
People did not come out to meet us, but at least the living creatures did not remain indifferent :)
Rustic minimalism:
By the way, there was also an abundance of iron horses here: large ...
And smaller: 
In Moshka, we also found some reflection of the sad reality of many Russian villages:
For this, we boarded the bus and went further - to Bottles.
And although the name of the village itself is more in line with the previous photo, in reality it turned out to be a rather nice place, which personally impressed me with its cleanliness, order and grooming. And there was also a poem that made my autumn :)
And we ran :) Past the local teacher's school (Misha christened it a room :)):
Past the next handmade masterpieces:
Past the director's office and questions to the director himself:
Straight to the lair of the local "maniac"! And he was hiding behind such a cute door:
Everything around was friendly and distracting:
But for someone the same bell rang. Or a bell:
Like this, for example:
A master taxidermist lives in this house. But since stuffed animals do not cause any positive emotions in me, I went to the garden. Even though I was in for a surprise...
Nothing like a place equipped himself "maniac" :)
But I still liked the streets. Look how clean!
I was also interested in the local dispensary - a wooden and plastered building. Now this doesn't happen often.
But we did not see any patients there, although maybe the residents of Bottles know some secret of longevity and health? I suspect it is :)
And finally - the local church:
And again the church - but this is already near the village of Nadezhdino. This time the church is old, connected by history with Ivan the Terrible. It is surprising that it stands in the middle of the forest, away from settlements.This place bears the name Spas-Zhelezino.
We didn’t see Nadezhdino as such: firstly, it was already getting dark, and secondly, we were intercepted by people with pies and accordions :)
It was possible, however, to capture another monument:
And the local club: 
The club is very Soviet:
And at the same time in Russian:
And next to the club - a small recreation center "Nadezhdino". Surprisingly cozy and modern.
And here's what I'll say: as long as people manage to live and create even in such a relative wilderness, they won't do anything to our country, they will break off. Absolutely everything rests on such people as we saw on this trip, and we saw quite a few such people. Actually, they have the most beautiful thing in our villages and villages.
Of course, it’s a pity that we didn’t see much, but still I don’t consider the day wasted in vain. And for such a walk in places where you just can’t get there on your own, thanks to the organizers of the competition and Vasya
Village beauty contest. It is held in the Vladimir region as part of the regional program for the socio-economic development of the village. The most well-groomed and attractive is determined by a special commission. Grants are allocated to the winners, and the villagers themselves decide what to spend them on.
Headman Olga Gromova proudly shows her native village, there are only 30 houses in Kunitsyno. Carved architraves, front gardens, as well as a pond and a new chapel built by the residents. Isn't it beauty?!
Last year, Kunitsyno became the most beautiful small village in the Vladimir region. Dozens of settlements participate in the annual competition, and in different nominations the winners receive from 50 to 150 thousand rubles for improvement. Kunitsyntsy residents put the lighting in order for their prize money, installed new garbage containers, and also made the dream of all the local kids come true.
“We had a goal - to revive a dried-up pond, a fire-fighting pond must be in the village. But we decided: why should he stand and wait for the fire? We decided to make, as the children call it, “kva-kva-park”, - said the headman of the village of Kunitsyno Olga Gromova.
In other villages, roads and water pipes are being repaired with prize money, and somewhere residents are building playgrounds. At the same time, the amount can be doubled - according to another regional program, the administration pays the same amount if the funds go to the development of rural infrastructure.
Residents of the village of Berkovo greet all guests with a song - the most singing village of the Kameshkovsky region this year wants to receive the title of the most beautiful.
“The competition united them so much - it's one big family. They do not demand: give us! They say let's do it together! So that their village is the most beautiful, the most comfortable and the most comfortable,” says Nadezhda Igonina, head of the Vtorovsky rural settlement.
In the village, where everyone gathers together for work and holidays, there is also an art gallery: a local artist has been painting portraits of her fellow villagers for several decades. And even their own puppet theater - real performances are staged in the houses. But still there is no own club.
This year, almost 80 villages are participating in the competition, each is evaluated by a special commission.
“Different nominations, for example, the design is evaluated: how many flower beds, roads, which entrances, lighting, water, what kind of history,” explains Svetlana Orlova, Governor of the Vladimir Region.
In the village of Pavlovskoye, for example, residents plan to develop pottery, and they also built their own museum here. Ella Frolova, together with her fellow villagers, searched the archives for several decades for information about the family estate of Army General Kutuzov Andrei Levanidov. About five thousand people have already visited a small exposition in less than two years.
Today, only the wing, which houses the museum, remains from the huge estate. If Pavlovskoye wins the competition, its residents have already decided to use all their funds to start building the manor house in the very center of the village - photos of it have been found in the archives.
The competition commission is still evaluating the projects of residents, the results will be summed up in mid-September. This year, taking into account all payments, the village that will receive the Grand Prix will be able to spend about 300 thousand rubles more on beauty.
