Maxim (and Ira) - Petrozavods

Maxim lives at home of Ira, "a great Russian writer", he says and she confirms "last week I sold a screen play in Moscow". Small home at outskirts of Petrozavods, made of wood, garden and remainings of wood everywhere. Part of it were remainings of the winter for the heating and the other from part of the home who suffered a fire some years before. In the lower floor lived a friend and above was the couple. The usual mess, no space for nothing in the kitchen, with 4 forks, 2 spoons and 2 knifes to eat. They were proud of having the only house with water in the area. To install water cost more than the house itself. But it worthed, they had now toilet inside home and shower with hot water. The kitchen/room had a 90cm wide bed where we slept one night. The following night I slept in the office room in a even narrower sofa but alone. After the office there was their room which we never saw.

Maxim wanted to be "truck driver" in Europe and now makes small works as electrician, musician and strawberry picking in Finland. Speaks perfect american english. Ira has agricultural course. They plant trees they brought from the village they visited for 2 days.