In our way to Perm, we decided to visit the small town where Stalin was exiliated until the revolution, accused of robbery and conspiring against the Tzar. It is a very small house, and he shared with one mother and her children.
House protected by the Soviet Union
It’s 300 rubbles per person to get in, but with our student cards, we get a reduced price. It’s really a living room and that’s it. There is also a book only in Russian that explains his time on the house and the preparation of the revolution.
Stalin looks defiant to the police in the picture of the capture
Before leaving the town, we bought ice cream and yogurt. We ate them in the surface of the frozen river at -10º C. It is not a bad idea to eat ice cream at that temperature: you hand remains clean because it isn’t melting.
Soviet ice cream
The road to arrive and leave the town is fully covered on snow, and we had to cross a frozen river. There is a floating bridge crossed by trucks and the locals. Not many polish cars over there.
Floating bridge
We realised our assumption: it’s better to drive on the snow than to drive in the frozen asphalt, just be very careful with the brake and the steering. Nice driving moments. But we saw we will not arrive to Perm, so we decided to change our sleeping destination, we decide to stay at Kirov. It takes more than 6 hours to arrive.
Road singing
When we arrived to Kirov, another small city, with many museums, we met Jana, our couch host, she came with his boyfriend, and we went not to his home, but to her friend’s home, who finally host us. They are between 20 and 25 years old, and they are so friendly to host us and spend the night with us sharing our stories. The entire group make a long walk in the town, explaining all the interesting places on it, the museum, the university (where they all study), another museum, Main Square with Lenin statue, many churches and different bars. We have spoken about movies, football, Russian cars, and Kirov story. Great night, good beers.
Kirov meeting committee
Everybody we have found until now is so great, we can’t believe it.
