The declining coal industry and the human toll of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war are devastating Russia’s Kemerovo region, leading to economic instability and loss of life.
More than 18 months into its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is facing high military casualties that are particularly affecting impoverished, remote areas like Kemerovo, known as the Kuzbass.
“We trained for a month and a half and then were sent to man the howitzers. I won't even tell you what happened there. When I came home, I just started drinking,” said Miroshenko, whose last name has been changed at his request. At least 46 men from Prokopoyevsk, a city of around 170,000 people, have died since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, according to an unofficial tally compiled by Siberia.Realities.
In recent years, Polina said, she and her mother had had little contact with Piryazev; her parents divorced in the 2000s.“He went to Ukraine on his own,” Polina said. “He didn’t need money, unlike many. It was just patriotism, the conviction that the country must be defended. He never spoke about the war, didn’t say why he constantly returned there.”
On the social media site formerly known as VKontakte, someone published a page about the memorial plaque for the dead alumni. “Soon enough there won’t be enough walls,” one anonymous poster wrote.
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