#PioneerSummer

"Yura, Yura, look!" "Where did it come from?"

"Will we get scolded?" "For what? For the cat or the tie?" "For everything..."

Юра и Аня
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"Yura, I don't understand, what's the matter... Please explain"

наброски набросочки скетчи
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это не про свободу, а про страх
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Julia: But I'm being serious! And you are playing around?

Julia: I'm not joking! Vika: Julie, this is just self-indulgence, we will have to be married anyway (to men)

Julia: You don't even like any guy here! You were the one to roll the eyes at them! Vika: Of course I don't like anyone, we're in a camp, and I'm at work, you know! Julia: Then we do you keep asking me to go for a walk along the river when it's quiet hour, if you don't like anyone? Are you making fun of me? (more like "teasing me")

Making fun? Julia, you're my friend (lady friend) Julia: You can be friends with anyone like that! Vika: Julie, i get it, you want us to be something more... special than friends, but it's just a phase in your life, you know, hormones... Julia: I Don't know! You didn't wanna let go of me yesterday in the boat. Vika: ... I know that you'll get through this, better than me. You're more social, see, you have guy friends, it'll pass very soon.

один их диалог
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снова володя. надо больше рисовать маркерами
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давыдова косичка львовна
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с новым годом!
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Volodya: "Bla bla bla new year bla" Yura: "New year! Crap! And today's Saturday!"

"We have to hurry to get groceries" "Everything's closed tomorrow"

"How so?" "It's like that, yeah. I told you, it's the weekend"

упс, это было к 30 декабря :)
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Yurka's family, like others, began receiving sugar ration coupons. His father was on duty for days on end, and his mother fell ill with pneumonia for a long time. Having got used to queues, Yurka was freezing in long lines of angry people. He was standing there with a German textbook and listening to reports of miners' strikes.

Юра, хватит битбоксить, тут страна разваливается.
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A drawing of Volodya standing in a church with a baby on his shoulder. There's a process of baptizing going on. Volodya's become a godfather for the baby girl Olya. Her mother refers to them: "Look! She calmed down immediately!" Volodya looks pleased yet is trying to repress emotions.

крестный дядя володя
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A drawing of Volodya, 38 y.o., with his goddaughter Olya. She's grabbed his cardigan and is looking at the "camera" with an adorable smile. It's visible that she's missing one tooth. Volodya looks down at her carefully holding Olya's elbow.

Володя с крестницей Олей
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A drawing of Volodya, that looks like a sticker on a lined paper sheet. Volodya is 13 years old here (in 1980), sitting on the floor and reading a book. He seems to be really absorbed in it. There's also a collage of several cutouts from what he's reading - they're from a popular soviet magazine "Young naturalist".

A drawing of adult Volodya - 38 years old, still reading a book, but a different one - "Music theory for dummies". He looks frustrated and tired. At the same time, his dog Gerda is acting silly - she playfully bit his elbow and doesn't let go. She looks quite complacent though.

A little sketch of the present times for Volodya and Yura - 58 and 55 years old respectively. They're sitting on a couch, Yura is grumbling at Volodya: "I always told you, you should measure your pressure three times". He holds a tonometer and slightly touching Volodya's leg with a thumb. We can see the rings on both of their hands, which is not very obvious at first.

С ДНЕМ РОЖДЕНИЯ ДЯДЯ ВОЛОДЯ
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Masha is sitting at her workdesk and thinking: "They're... kissing there! Again! And then what? How scary..."

Tolya and Dima are sitting on the bed, talking. Tolya says nonchalantly "Within Temptation (a band) is pop" not even looking away from the book he's reading. Dima is visibly annoyed: "Do you want me to punch you? What do you mean "pop"? YOU are pop!" (they're using the word "popsa" which is basically a slur for any pop music or that is not "heavy enough") There's a tape recorder sitting beside them and some posters and a calender for 2007.

Tolya and Dima are lying next to each other with headphones and a cd-player near their legs. Seems like they're sleeping. There's a joking writing near them: "He never hit him (in the end)"

маша, не волнуйся, они просто ругаются
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A drawing of 5 y.o. Yura, sleeping heavily, probably with a fever, squeezing a dog plushie. He's covered in dots of zelenka (a brilliant green antiseptic, very common in post-soviet countries). That's how vetryanka (chicken pox) is treated there.

Yura and his mum are sitting at the table. We only see her back and she's saying to him: "Don't scratch it!"

Sad Yura looking through the window because he can't go outside. There's a piece of paper on the drawing saying: "Secrets of home canning"

Yura looks really disgruntled and his nose is completely green bc he painted it whole with zelenka. His mum is scolding him: Yura, why did you smear zelenka all over your nose! There's a clow toy near him, it looks almost like a sticker. And its nose is also green

вітрянкін юра ілліч
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A drawing of Yura lying in bed in his room. It's morning, his thin blanket barely covers him, bright sunlight is piercing through the curtains. There's a speech bubble saying "Yura, get up! You're gonna be late for the bus!"

Yura, a close-up: he's really hesitant to get up and looks very sleepy, mumbling something incomprehensible

A note (document) for a schooler, departing to a pioneer camp. Last name: Konev. First name: Yura. Age: 5/70 (month and year). Home address: Tschobotarskaya 45-16 Phone number: (blank). School №36, 9 "B" grade, Kholodnogorsky region. Healthy. Past illnesses - measles, chicken pox. (Some illegible writing in this graph). Physical state: fine. Physical training: general. Group: main. Date: May, 1986. Signature of a doctor: [ ] Summary of a schooler's state of health during time in the pioneer camp: no infection is present. Signature of a pioneer camp doctor: [ ] The document should be returned to the school Kharkiv typography

сонний юрка
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digital drawing. it's volodya holding on a grid. he looks sad, but also a little pissed.

okay i think this was the last fanart i had planned yippie #pioneersummer #verãodelençovermelho

A drawing of sad Yura in 1990, where he stands outside Volodya's apartment block. Some ads behind him.

Also a drawing of Yura almost at full height, he looks at a cat sitting on a bench.

возвращаюсь к истокам, а именно к грустинкам. одни из моих любимых сцен в книге это то, как юра самостоятельно проходит через травмы утраты - когда он убежал из лагеря к автобусной остановке и когда сам поехал в неизвестную москву, чтобы просто постоять у пустой квартиры.
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Yura and Volodya are sitting in a boat. Yura's in the lead, talking emotionally. Profile view. Yura: And how did i feel, when i got to the "Willow" camp next summer and ended up with that bastard in one shift, one group ? ... And that moron, shithead! Volodya: Hey, cool down (like, "stop swearing")

View slightly from above, close-up Yura:... Yura: That was his fault, this is why they kicked me out!

A picture from the past, a memory, that Yura is talking about in the next line. "And he thought it wasn't enough! He decided to mar things up here too." (The boy saying the slur for Jewish people "Zhidenok") The boy (Vishnevsky) grabbed Yura's head with his elbow, putting him in a vulnerable position. Yura is visibly irritated. A couple of people on both sides of him have different emotions - one boy is lauging, not taking the situation seriously, and another girl is upset and a little concerned.

The view of the scene from far away. But Yura already puched his offender in the face with full force. The boy nearby is almost cheering, the girl is shocked, covering her mouth. The writing says (as Yura continues talking): Yura: There i lost my temper and smacked him in the face, with everyone around. That was a strong punch, his nose was like a squash, blood everywhere... (Some things are not translated right stylistically, but it's a direct dialogue from the book, when they were talking in a boat and Yura revealed that he had Jews in his mum's bloodline) (It sounds dramatic but I hope you get what I mean)

сначала хотелось нарисовать одну картинку (третью), но получился мини-комикс. не буду врать, хочется еще подобное сделать, но сложно, скилл не всегда позволяет

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A drawing of Vika and Julia sitting together, wrapped in a black shawl with flower prints. Vika put her hand on Julia's shoulder and asked her: "Not cold anymore?". Julia put her head on her shoulder and stared at her face. There's a writing beside her telling that she had stomach cramps all day.

мне было холодно на даче

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Anya talking about how she skipped school and went to her grandma in Uzbekistan for a week. Yura is listening to her. They're sitting on a bench.

Anya: "But don't go there in summer, if you want to visit"

"It's *freaking* horrible! Very hot"

A sketch of Anya's appearance. And how she as a kid sits on a chair and drink tea with her grandma looking at her fondly

отлынивают
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A drawing of Julia painting a wooden fence on a "clean-up day" (subbotnik). She stands at full height, wiping her forehead, tired from work and anticipating her back pain the following day. Another angle - her profile, she looks concentrated while painting. And her "not impressed" face when she realised she wiped her bangs with a dirty sleeve of her "work clothes" - actually an old tunic from WW2, torn in some places. And a red kerchief on her head, to prevent sun-stroke.

A drawing of Vika - in the same circumstances but picking blackcurrant from a bush. First angle - she's sitting on a stool, looking quite sad and thinking why she feels like this when Julia is not around. A metal colander's sitting on her legs. Another angle - a close-up, she's cries and her eyes are closed because a little fly bit her in the forehead. Then she's waving her hands in panic because of ants, she says "ouch ouch ouch" but actually they don't bite her (yet). And she stands at full height awkwardly because there's a huge stain on her skirt (blackcurrant juice)

субботники и больные спины
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A digital drawing of Volodya lying on Yura's knees. They're sitting under a big old willow. Everything is almost black and white except for their red ties and splashes of greenery beside them with little crimson flowers. Yura is looking down at Volodya and carefully stroking his hair.

уже устали
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A drawing of Julia sitting on a bench and eating sunflower seeds. Two kids beside her do the same. She wears a national ukrainian costume of Kharkiv region and a flower crown on her head. It's summer, a lush cedar is seen behind them.

A drawing of Yura - he's also wearing a national costume of Kharkiv region - some kind of bodysuit/overall, all white and a little baggy, tied with a wide reddish cummerbund (?) on his waist. He's sitting on the ground and smoking a cigarette.

юля кинула палити, перейшла на насіння... а юра ні.
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desenho digital. iura vira para trás sobre um caminho de jornais.

desenho digital. volódia sorri para a câmera enquanto está pescando.

mais deles #verãodelençovermelho #pioneersummer

A digital drawing stylised like an old photo in a passe-partout. Yura and Volodya are sitting together, clear blue sky behind them. Yura in the foreground is pointing at someone and saying "Hey! Kids!!! Shush!!!" looking quite strict. Volodya is laughing beside him.

строгие родители
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A drawing of an apple core, green on top, red on the bottom. The silhouette of it is formed by two male profiles - Yura and Volodya staring at each other. They occupy the negative space so they have the same colour as the background - blue. Just lines, no shadows. Volodya's looking quite anxious yet fond. Yura looks back at him inquiringly, as if expecting something. The bottom of an apple core is actually their red ties that are connected with a knot. (I mean the ties are tied together but it sounds stupid, sorry). One of the tie ends is quite shabby, the other is normal. The middle of an apple is already oxidizing as it has brown spots all over. Something was left for too long and it shouldn't have been like that.

ладно, я тоже типа в тренде. а как он вообще называется
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5/15 One key piece of evidence: "Pioneer Summer," a bestselling gay love story by Elena Malisova and Katerina Sylvanova.

The teenagers never go beyond kissing, yet this mild novel provoked outrage among Russian politicians over three years.
#PioneerSummer #GayLiterature

digital drawing. it's yurka, from pioneer summer, in his pioneer attire. he looks up, satisfied. there are trees around him and dandelions and paratroopers.

reliving the memories of that summer #veraodelençovermelho #pioneersummer

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Hey y'all, I was just on the tee-vee! Many thanks to host Helen Raptis and the team at AM Northwest, the Pacific Northwest's favorite morning show, for having me on to talk about Elena Malysova and Kateryna Sylvanova's smash hit #pioneersummer! Watch it here: katu.com/amnw/am-nort...

It's 98 degrees here at the moment. Temperature, not the band. So .... staying indoors and reading today. #PioneerSummer #booksky