This was taken in a village in rural Moldova that no longer exists. Thirty years ago, DobruΘa had a population of 200, and was typical of settlements found across the country after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. When this man Grisa moved there in 2000 to start a sheep farm, the population had declined to 70. When this was taken, in July 2019, he was the sole resident of the village. He was 65.
A few months before I took it, the only other remaining residents β a couple in their 40s β were murdered by a fa
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