The Russian village that banned Wikipedia

Cherniy Yar is a village of 8,000 in the south of Russia. And it has become relatively famous in Russia after a local judge granted the prosecutor's request to ban Wikipedia statewide in August of 2015.

Actually, he requested to ban encyclopedia's entry on an Indian handmade form of cannabis called charas. But because Wikipedia is built on https protocol that would mean banning of the whole site. Though Wikipedia was not eventually banned in Russia, I spent almost two weeks in Cherniy Yar following its daily life.

Gas pipes are already installed and fees are assigned but there's no gas yet

Local school

The village has one of the best youth aeromodeling groups on the Russian south. Some of its graduates are working as aviation engineers now. This year, one of them went to Voronezh to study for UAV operator. Group’s head Mikhail Vitalyevich is on his position for 32 years since 1983.

Main square

Local draftees goodbye ceremony

Local court

Local police patrol

Local market

Главная негосударственная отрасль здесь - сельское хозяйство. Выращивают перец, капусту, картошку, морковь, лук, помидоры - земля дает два урожая. Еще есть консервный завод.

Local hospital