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The Smilingis family. His parents, Anatoly and his sister Rita. Plungė, 1939
Anatoly Smilingis
The Smilingis family. His parents, Anatoly and his sister Rita. Plungė, 1940
Anatoly Smilingis
Children of special settlers, Kortkeros orphanhood. 1940s-1950s
Anatoly Smilingis
Plank road (лежнёвкa) to Sobino, 1940s.
Anatolij Smilingis
Timber rafting, 1959
Anatoly Smilingis
Timber rafting, 1959
Anatoly Smilingis
Anatoly Smilingis with a tame bird of prey, 1952
Anatoly Smilingis
Anatoly Smilingis on expedition, 1960s
Anatoly Smilingis
Young people from the Belka tourism club run by Smilingis, 1970s
Anatoly Smilingis
Commemorative plaque on a cross erected by former deportees, cemetery of special settler village “Second section”, Kortkeros
Anatoly Smilingis
The Smilingis family. His parents, Anatoly and his sister Rita. Plungė, 1939
Anatoly Smilingis
The Smilingis family. His parents, Anatoly and his sister Rita. Plungė, 1940
Anatoly Smilingis
Children of special settlers, Kortkeros orphanhood. 1940s-1950s
Anatoly Smilingis
Plank road (лежнёвкa) to Sobino, 1940s.
Anatolij Smilingis
Timber rafting, 1959
Anatoly Smilingis
Timber rafting, 1959
Anatoly Smilingis
Anatoly Smilingis with a tame bird of prey, 1952
Anatoly Smilingis
Anatoly Smilingis on expedition, 1960s
Anatoly Smilingis
Young people from the Belka tourism club run by Smilingis, 1970s
Anatoly Smilingis
Commemorative plaque on a cross erected by former deportees, cemetery of special settler village “Second section”, Kortkeros
Anatoly Smilingis
Exile with no return
Anatoly could go and live in Lithuania; he has not only a passport but also a flat he was given as compensation for his treatment. But something keeps him in Kortkeros: his wife, no doubt, and also his love of the forest, which he knows by heart after hiking across it with the boys of the Belka sports club. Anatoly says he feels useful here, he is integrated and wants to continue his research into the history of the purges and the remains of mass burial sites in the region.