When the soviets turned Solovetsky Island into the prototype Gulag, the mini industries started and perfected by the monks over 6 centuries were wiped out, the herring fishers, the cabbage salters, the small shops populated by monks carrying centuries old secrets, all gone
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The bell making scene from Andrei Rublev is a good document about the work and trade secrets that went into bell making
The bell making scene from Andrei Rublev is a good document about the work and trade secrets that went into bell making