i made some pies fresh from the open a make some tea if you wait a minute oh thank you my dear nadezhda may she takes care of the household chores. is responsible for maintaining the lighthouse he has to be a jack of all trades there is nobody to help if something goes wrong this instance you know we are proud to live here even if it means living so far away. we are like border guards. it's like living at the end of the world that's true there are rocks on one side and sea on the other there are no people around here you see nobody but beasts and even they are very tame. before dusk surrogate goes to the lighthouse there are more than two hundred time one steps in the spiral staircase. in the soviet union the lighthouse was a strategic naval installation and was guarded accordingly a sentry was on round the clock usually at the entrance. much has changed since then but the lighthouse still requires they remain silence specially designed lenses enable the light to be seen from twelve nautical miles away even though the power of the lamps is five hundred watts says this i was a child when my