A pupil wearing a protective face mask attends a ceremony to mark the first day of a new school year at the local school in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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A pupil wearing a protective face mask attends a ceremony to mark the first day of a new school year at the local school in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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First-grader Agrafena Velikanova walks to school with her mother and brother to attend a ceremony to mark the first day of a new school year in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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Principal of the school Tamara Gogoreva walks to school before a ceremony to mark the first day of a new school year in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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Pupils attend a lesson on the first day of a new school year at the local school in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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The only 5th grade pupil Aleona Kutugina listens to teacher Lyubov Alymova during a lesson on the first day of a new school year at the local school in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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A pupil wearing a protective face mask attends a ceremony to mark the first day of a new school year at the local school in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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A pupil wearing a protective face mask attends a ceremony to mark the first day of a new school year at the local school in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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Pupils attend a ceremony to mark the first day of a new school year at the local school in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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Pupils attend a ceremony to mark the first day of a new school year at the local school in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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Pupils attend a ceremony to mark the first day of a new school year at the local school in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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Pupils wearing protective face masks and gloves talk before a ceremony to mark the first day of a new school year in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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11th grade pupils walk to school to attend a ceremony to mark the first day of a new school year in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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First-grader Vera Gogoreva arrives for a ceremony to mark the first day of a new school year in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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First-grader Vera Gogoreva leaves her house before a ceremony to mark the first day of a new school year in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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A dog lies in front of a school building before a ceremony to mark the first day of a new school year in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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Pupils leave a car as they arrive for a ceremony to mark the first day of a new school year in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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A graduate holds hands of first-graders, who ring bells during a ceremony to mark the first day of a new school year in the remote Siberian village of Bolshaya Rechka, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The local school is the smallest one in a region with only 15 students studying. Bolshaya Rechka is located in the foothills of the Western Sayan mountains, where the road ends and taiga begins.

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