Closer to nature: the idea of kin domains is heading in Karelia 13.11.2019 19:07:27

Former residents of the cities founded a kin domain settlement in Zalesye, the Prionezhsky district that is located 100 100 kilometers from Petrozavodsk. Vadim Karabinsky has been living in the bosom of nature for almost 13 years. He founded his kin domain on three hectares of land, where he is now planting a forest garden.

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Vadim Karabinsky, founder of the kin domain in the Prionezhsky district. Photo: Respublika / Sergey Yudin

Kin domain

12 years ago in the Karelian forest Vadim Karabinsky created his kin domain. During this time he built a house, a stable, set up a vegetable garden and began to plant a forest garden.

The idea to move from a modern city to a forest came to Vadim after he got acquainted with the books of Vladimir Megre, when his parents gave him books.

Vadim shared, “At that time I was a student. I started reading these books and arguing, because for my technical mind, as I am a programmer, a signalman, it all disgusted. But mother and brother did not argue with me and asked to read. I read to the idea of a kin domain. And then I realized that we can live not only in a city, in an apartment, but on our own land, build our own house, plant our own garden, equip our pond, give birth to children and live life in an eternal beauty”.

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Vadim Karabinsky, founder of the kin domain in the Prionezhsky district. Photo: Respublika / Sergey Yudin

The main idea of kin domain is to preserve and present beautiful living space to our family. According to Vadim, moving to your own land and changing your lifestyle to a more inartificial and natural one adds 20-30 years of life. There are 14 ckin domains in Zalesye, in eight of them are Karabinsky’s neighbors live permanently.

He marked: "Our old age won't be with pain, but without pain. In a more perfect environment, we receive more perfect thoughts. The city has an artificial information space, and here it’s more from God"

Vadim admitted that at his 38, he did not seek medical help from doctors, did not watch television and did not listen to the radio. But he earns through the Internet.

“We have no task to go back to the caves. Let everything technical serve the light. We can take the best from life, but be closer to nature. ”

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Kin domain. Photo: Respublika / Sergey Yudin

Now Vadim is making a film about the kin domains of Russia. Now 10 years later this is his second picture. The project is funded by people who support the idea of kin domains. In addition, every school vacation parents send their children from different cities of Russia for moral and patriotic education to Zalesye settlement.

“It would be usual for people to hear that I have a garden, chickens, etc. But I have a different approach. First of all, I try to invest in a forest garden. This is a garden that is mixed with forest trees. Our task is to plant everything without chemistry, so we plant trees like that. If monocultures are planted in rows, they will be susceptible to pests and diseases. Forest trees protect fruit crops from disease. ”

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Forest Garden of Vadim Karabinsky. Photo: Respublika / Sergey Yudin

Vadim Karabinsky began to plant not only fruit trees, but also walnut trees. According to him, he selects special varieties of American and Canadian nuts that are frost resistant. Later he discovered that the climate in Karelia is not favorable for them. Young seedlings are covered with a special material that protects against winds and frosts.

“Basically, my three hectares are fruit trees, nuts and forest trees, even apricots which you rarely see in our republic. And I have a horse. She helps me a lot, mostly in winter. The distances between the neighbors are large, there is a lot of snow, the tractor here does not clean the road, so I ride in a sleigh. ”

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Horse in a kin domain. Photo: Respublika / Sergey Yudin

Eco-perspectives

There is a garden and a greenhouses in Vadim’s kin domain. He grows vegetables for the winter himself. Recently he finished making sauerkraut. There are no animal products in his diet, gradually he completely abandoned them.

“We grow vegetables and fruits exclusively without chemistry. In everyday life, alkali replaces almost 100% of household and hygienic chemicals. We try to avoid modern materials in construction, preferring wood, sawdust, hay. Waste paper in the furnace. Organics - in the gardens. Metal and glass - are in foundations. A bit of conscious effort - and it turns out that I still have 100 times less plastic waste left than if I lived an ordinary life in the city. ”

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Vadim Karabinsky, founder of the kin domain in the Prionezhsky district. Photo: Respublika / Sergey Yudin

At the same time, Vadim does not consider himself as an eco-hero. He says that such living  style is as natural as brushing your teeth after eating, so everyone should live in order to save the Earth for their children.

“I buy  only  cookies without chemicals, I bake the bread myself, because I can't cook cookies yet. In winter, if my vegetables run out, I buy from neighbors or in a store. Nothing more".

For reason of principle Vadim refused to use vehicles. According to him, before he had three cars. Now he doesn’t buy, because he's sure: personal transport is the main polluter of our cities. He advocates the development of a good public transport network and cooperation with neighbors.

"I already had land in the kin domain settlement“ Honey Key ”in the Tver region and already had a house in a neighboring village. But I met very interesting people in Karelia, they wanted to create kin domain here. But then they changed their views, and I did not change my own and stayed here. I asked myself: “Why exactly Karelia?” And I received an image: “Because I am already fine here”. Then I decided to establish my kin domain in Karelia, " shared Karabinsky.

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Kin domain. Photo: Respublika / Sergey Yudin

Vadim said that he "found his" land spontaneously. He knew that in Zalesye people will create a kin domain Settlement. He came to this forest, went in an unknown direction, went out into the clearing and suddenly felt that he was at home.

"I was born in Komi, studied in Smolensk, then went to study in Zelenograd, lived in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Petrozavodsk, Shoksha, Quartzitny, Vekhruchye. I was looking for my place and found it."

Vadim Karabinsky's parents support him and share the idea of a kin domain. However cause of their age, they cannot afford to establish their kin domain in a new place. They come to visit their son and rejoice in his success.

"It’s time to tie up with the construction, this is not interesting anymore. Recently, we with the head of Karelia discussed the main problem that the residents of the settlement faced - obsolete reclamation. Because of this, we cannot dig ponds, but we need ponds to create an ecosystem that will restore itself."

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Kin domain. Photo: Respublika / Sergey Yudin

There are days when Vadim is left alone in the settlement. He said  that this is not at all scary, even when wolves come from the forest.

"Sometimes I spend the night under the stars, and I get the feeling that I’m lying not on the mattress, but as in a cradle, on the whole earth of my domain. This is a vivid feeling that my space is protecting me. I have this connection with the land."

Festival "Meeting of the Halves"

Vadim said that on the shore of Lake Onega, he and like-minded people hold various festivals. But these events were for those who were in the topic of kin domain. And in August 2020, they want to arrange the All-Russian Meeting of the Halves festival for people who are looking for their love.

"This is very important for all people. How can we meet our soul mate now: this is either an accident or a dating site, but there the probability of meeting is microscopic. Many couples were created not because the energy of love, but because there was a temporary attraction" Vadim said.

One of the conditions for participating in a meeting of halves is a healthy lifestyle and the desire to live closer to nature.

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Kin domain. Photo: Respublika / Sergey Yudin

In Russia there are more than 300 kin domain settlements. This idea is very popular. Vladimir Megre books are translated into 20 languages of the world. According to Vadim, in other countries, domain settlements can be counted on the fingers, because there is not so much land, it is very expensive, and legislation does not allow taking such a large plot: one or two hectares per family. In Russia,we also have the same problems: land registration is extremely difficult and does not allow taking land for the development of a small homeland for centuries. Nevertheless, the amount of kin domains increases.

"Among the dozens of political parties in Russia, there is ours "Native Party", which is seeking the adoption of a law according to which one hectare of land is allocated free of charge to every willing family to equip a kin domain, and this plot cannot be sold or donated so that it does not turn into a business, but you can only pass it by inheritance" said Vadim Karabinsky.

Journalist Marina Bedorfas
Source: “Respublika” - information and analytical portal of Karelia.
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