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Pskov: struggle to preserve cultural traditions

Published: 01 August, 2009, 16:00


Young people of Setos

Around six hundred kilometers from Moscow, Russia's Pskov region has traditionally been a land of striking natural beauty and ancient monuments. It is also home to an officially protected ethnic minority: the Setos.

 
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