khatynetsky district of the oryol region.re used to be a large village here with the beautiful name of nine oaks. it is now on the map 80 km from regional center. there are only a few houses, the rest are empty and slowly falling apart. in search of work, the youth moved to the city, those who have nowhere to go remained. the wind walks along the abandoned streets. alexander matyukhin has been surviving here for a long time. there was a school, a club, a sports ground, four farms, now everything has disappeared. alexander's neighbor, valentina, is afraid not to survive the coming winter, she says, not only is there no water in the village, but also electricity, is about to hit, one of the poles is deeply rooted, the forgotten residents risk losing the last connection with civilization, we go to the station for water, we walk a kilometer, and what about the authorities, the authorities don't give a damn, if a pole falls, that's it, the blues, people don't understand why the village died, because it is located next to a gold mi