Berezniki is my native town. It is situated in Perm region in Russia. It was built in 1932 to mine potash-magnesium salt for the production of fertilizers. Around 145 thousand people live here, many of them in houses that are located right above mines. Due to particular characteristics of local mines cracks appear in the ground, which swallow roads, vehicles and buildings. Local citizens live merely in hundreds of meters from giant holes, and because of soil movements flaws show in the walls of dwelling houses, and today almost all the town is covered with them. There have been 8 сracks since 1987 inside the city and near the city, and a new one can appear any moment. It was strange to come back after 17 years and to see that the places where I played as a child became a dangerous zone.

The project was published with the text of journalist Andrey Yakovlev on Meduza.