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.
Then I stopped by here in an attempt to crawl through the abandoned houses. Now I have a different goal: to document the past.
The road to this village after Zayamzha becomes difficult to pass.
But still there are many residential (in summer) houses.
Nobody lives here permanently.
This village has a layout that is not typical of floodplain villages.
Houses are located on both sides of the street at an angle to the water body.
Behind the village there is an old bed of the Yamzha River.
Paikino seems to be larger than Zayamzha, but the number of houses here is even less than in the previous village.
There are also a lot of abandoned and destroyed houses here.
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.
The village of Paikino stands on the banks of the Striga River, which is about to flow into the Northern Dvina.
The river here looks more like a wide channel.
All these villages are very often flooded during floods.
There are both classic huts here.
So is the five-walled with a carved balcony.
Judging by the number of boats, the residents who come here are fond of fishing.
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.
But now I understand that this is impossible due to the large number of flowing rivers and the lack of roads.
In general, the idea is quite real, but in some places it will be necessary to plot a route far from the coast.
Someone wanted to move away from everyone ... or live as close to the river as possible.
This village is a dead end, that is, there is no further road at all.
You can go across the field by foot to Bobrovnikovo, which is located on a high hill.
The key word is "by foot", because even a bicycle will be very difficult to ride. I tried!