Alexey Shlyk – The Appleseed Necklace

Alexey Shlyk The Appleseed Necklace [ EPF 2017 – FINALIST ] Every time I think of my country (Belarus), I am reminded of how wonderfully resourceful and creative the people are. Probably thos…

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Every time I think of my country (Belarus), I am reminded of how wonderfully resourceful and creative the people are. Probably those qualities were inherited – together with tolerance – from the Soviet period. As I was born in 1986, I was a citizen of the Soviet Union for part of my early childhood and I still remember my passport with the hammer and sickle on it and the empty racks in the stores.