Paikino is the next village of the Nokshino bush of villages, which is also part of the Yudinsky rural settlement of the Veliky Ustyug district of the Vologda region of Russia.

I've been here in different years and for different purposes. Once I rode here on a bicycle, trying to explore the bank of the Northern Dvina.
https://sun9-14.userapi.com/NxDftgOmKHEd14PN6B2TK9t8lxvAgSI3093Pmw/sHXiU7-0FEA.jpg

Then I stopped by here in an attempt to crawl through the abandoned houses. Now I have a different goal: to document the past.
https://sun9-64.userapi.com/UGF6gby-EptueghP8TF9EfAbSKLuAu1glTbJOQ/_237fiaivy0.jpg

The road to this village after Zayamzha becomes difficult to pass.
https://sun9-41.userapi.com/FIxzGcwgfHfDzU7IPpEDMXgiKmjLMTD8egI0uA/QKKf3Go1J6k.jpg

But still there are many residential (in summer) houses.
https://sun9-7.userapi.com/85VVNMtlQZFE3f_dmXOHwVG_EymtbjTBtT-TvA/KVeWZfFNfn8.jpg

Nobody lives here permanently.
https://sun9-19.userapi.com/AbAWNLzf1ty3fJPKIavxizZXwDLLcEVOYirWQA/dKIm26Zc4Fg.jpg

This village has a layout that is not typical of floodplain villages.
https://sun9-15.userapi.com/WIvA4pPPcGZXDppNwK2GhbHrEK3aNYINHBlAhQ/nRsxvMkMCl8.jpg

Houses are located on both sides of the street at an angle to the water body.
https://sun9-33.userapi.com/-3u6QPzSNWneb84hjPNCSmeQdwdKdvq4Sy08kA/VSD4Jkvs_pI.jpg

Behind the village there is an old bed of the Yamzha River.
https://sun9-11.userapi.com/3d5CKfzTzKAHL74ZUbXnjnXlwMO419e4QsftTQ/JbE4je491xM.jpg

Paikino seems to be larger than Zayamzha, but the number of houses here is even less than in the previous village.
https://sun9-48.userapi.com/QX-DUgZykfPXuIijc1jSKyDUt93fnn_AzDNzzA/nRqJgQXlRMk.jpg

There are also a lot of abandoned and destroyed houses here.
https://sun9-45.userapi.com/I-Ntc-NOPQJF5ZEa0nXpXrDJ4I1Z9BWXFaKZGg/BOzdsW5_qy8.jpg

But here it seemed to me much more comfortable. All because of the proximity to the water body and the seeming randomness of the location of the houses.
https://sun9-64.userapi.com/iJlp_eYUbtAVEOY0wfcB2z9ixZRGHVXFlYEB-Q/Edo63LHbEvE.jpg

The village of Paikino stands on the banks of the Striga River, which is about to flow into the Northern Dvina.
https://sun9-55.userapi.com/j1kXS6-5hRg9MscyUX5choMagVhX7LuY0HWajA/py6UtY4E3UA.jpg

The river here looks more like a wide channel.
https://sun9-53.userapi.com/nmkuWIayZPM2snGsnoLFMs9OLFFgKgWqT3aBzw/Ovv70J_28ac.jpg

All these villages are very often flooded during floods.
https://sun9-31.userapi.com/HwgCvf0EKfjeEnNNaktBqZJCHPctPl7fMaKuSw/_LHxVK9sooQ.jpg

There are both classic huts here.
https://sun9-38.userapi.com/zriOrkYMS7Y_EMkDkBPGPd8lz9umRdEN8antcg/Pv_viyPn4ow.jpg

So is the five-walled with a carved balcony.
https://sun9-56.userapi.com/rsI1-ooxFDWNCUmMXhPvKWkhWc9SaofeEdGG3w/8CEnamCPSAs.jpg

Judging by the number of boats, the residents who come here are fond of fishing.
https://sun9-58.userapi.com/76y_pt-BqVi5fayqXf6sJ1Zq4uBC93dnrE3qMA/1iema1FX9kY.jpg

Once upon a time I dreamed of riding a bicycle along the banks of the Northern Dvina from Veliky Ustyug to the city of Krasavino. This is about 25 km in a straight line.
https://sun9-13.userapi.com/mUlDPLr-wxzHm3Cw1Po788UbKIQpZ6_ihgdUoQ/75eWgW7QW_A.jpg

But now I understand that this is impossible due to the large number of flowing rivers and the lack of roads.
https://sun9-30.userapi.com/G1waSVRn5F69-EBk76l7tTANFDcYZ1ZCkiScww/fy8QXZ-4lWw.jpg

In general, the idea is quite real, but in some places it will be necessary to plot a route far from the coast.
https://sun9-2.userapi.com/czENUtsPVRvB0iedsbixgMEJXk-ryIy4h_h2hA/6oZ8V1RbXGY.jpg

Someone wanted to move away from everyone ... or live as close to the river as possible.
https://sun9-28.userapi.com/t0MbabrK0WLKf_f5EtEqKZ8-z03IyM5B5R657g/kak-QyNMdWg.jpg

This village is a dead end, that is, there is no further road at all.
https://sun9-6.userapi.com/1jT0xjiioqUmVIAk6TDe4oagaHzuCyORoKnHJA/_2U2lirdASE.jpg

You can go across the field by foot to Bobrovnikovo, which is located on a high hill.
https://sun9-72.userapi.com/9mZVi4UXp2KciotPvJxJtbFRBJP95ViGQc3I-A/uDfQgaHq6wE.jpg

The key word is "by foot", because even a bicycle will be very difficult to ride. I tried!