“They destroy living things for the sake of cemeteries.” Karelian village is dying due to the extraction of stones for tombstones
Stone mining in Kaskesruche The ancient Vepsian village of Kaskesruchey may soon disappear: it is surrounded by quarries where stone is mined for cemetery tombstones. Due to constant explosions, the walls of wooden houses shake, the shore of Lake Onega, on which the village stands, is destroyed, fish disappear from the lake itself, and water is lost from the wells.
