Month: May 2017

It was a good year. Our good traditions continued. We have grown again! A few more families found their land here in our little Sloboda, and decided to create their homestead. A few more children were born into the families of our settlers. For the first time, a special miracle occurred – our neighbors had charming twins. Now a whole company of mothers (and sometimes fathers) go for walks with their children. This year, we started the construction of a children’s playground near the Common House. Dads made a swing and a shop, mothers and children decorated them. The Common […]

We had an outstanding working Saturday in our settlement on May 1! This warm, pleasant and sunny summer’s day began with the May Day march of all families along the Concord Street to the Main Tent. We walked and praised the families living on their cozy homesteads, sang songs and laughed a lot. A power charge for the whole summer! And then we had our working bee, where the children also excelled! The children had previously discussed at the meeting where and what plantings they were going to make, markers were put in place, and stock was distributed. The children’s […]

by Nikolai Bessonov Childbirth at home, organic products, and energy from the sun. This is how people live in an unusual settlement near Angarsk. They take offense when they are called sectarians. After all, the inhabitants of “Family Homesteads” chose this life voluntarily and do not impose their philosophy on anyone. In this report, we tell why the settlers here consider themselves to be people of the future. Alyosha is the smallest inhabitant of the “Ladoga” settlement of family homesteads. He is barely one month old. Nevertheless, the boy is a citizen of the village. He was born here, in […]