Report from the taiga villages of the Komi Republic, surrounded by drilling wells Photo: Julia Kulikova, for the project "Life in oil" In Komi, dozens of oil excesses occur annually. The largest of them occurred in 1994 near Usinsky, having broken world records as the largest on land. After decades, statistical reports recorded in the area a jump in cancerous diseases, but experts are in no hurry to connect it with the spill.