“The Most Valuable Thing I Own”- Photo Essay, Or Why The Obama’s Socialism Should Be Rejected

OK, here it is - a gallery of pictures shot in 2009, showing people with their most valuable possessions.These are Russian folks and pictures are from this site Kuntska Kamera. If you notice the pictures are posted feb 17, 2009 or 20 years after the fall of the Communism.

The Russian people had lived through 72 years of communism (calculated - 1917 Great Russian Revolution, that leads to the creation of USSR to the 1989 collapse of USSR) and they are still very, very, very poor compared to our American standards (notice they have been equally poor generation, after generation, after generation).

The poor in America probably have cellphones for free, a car, TV, refrigerator, probably most recently bought a house, and they own many things, that we have for granted, things, that even a middle class people in Russia are struggling to have in their lifetimes.

I am really convinced, that the majority of the American people DO NOT understand the danger of what Obama agenda is pushing…

“spreading wealth around”(transferring wealth from achievers to the dead beats),

economy with no boom and bust”(planed economy),

controlling wages (the minimum pay),

controlling executives pays (the maximum pay),

expanding government in every aspect of our lives,

He and his "democrat" buddies are trying to transform today's America into the communist utopia that once USSR was. But see the result of communist ideology controlled economy below, it is tragedy for the society as a whole...

Pictures say more than words….

Photo Essay begins:

Photos of people with their most valuable posesions in their homes. I havent ask if it is true they are the most expensive things they own, I just shoot what they said they thinkit is their most valuable thing.

But I don’t think they were hiding anything that they though is special.

This photoshoot was never published anyware…

Together with a group of sociologists I went through several russian cities and settlements trying to understand what kind of poverty traps exist in Russia. The sociologists were focusing on the mechanism of social exlusion that can bring a family outside the economy and social security. Sometimes poverty was a direct result of downfall of the soviet economical system. For example, workmens settlements which had been built around big enterprises became depressive places after the production stopped. People can not leave a depressive settlement because its the only place where they own a house. The price of this house or appartment is very low, so it becomes a trap for the owner. During this investigation I photographed people with the most expensive things in their houses.

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Svyatoslav Petrov, 65 years old, Upravlenchesky Settlement, Samara region. Aquarium, $230.

Nikandrova Galina, 37 years od, Nikandrov Gennady, 41 year old, Zolotovo, Pskov region. A bicycle, $95.

Vdovin Arsen, 10 years old, Zolotovo, Pskov region. Cellphone, $200.

Treit Olga, 56 years old, Upravlenchesky settlement, Samara region. Computer, $1000

Uteulina Kumysaj, 32 years old, Uteulina Alina, Samara region. 8 years old. Refrigerator, $560 (without bank interest rate)

Stepanova Natalia, with her son, Pskovsk region. Electric chainsaw $100

Evgeny Seryakov, 77 years old. Upravlenchesky settlement, Samara region. TV set, $150

Tagiev Nikolaj, 14 years od, Tagieva Farida, 16 years old, siblings, Saratov. Wall papers, $400.

Yarygina Tatiana, 55 years old, Yarygin Mikhail, 59 years old, Vilovatoe, Samara region. The dawry for the daughters - two refigirators and two washing machines. $1630