Very little crime, children able to walk at night in the Arctic darkness, and so on. A unique way of life, though not a perfect way of life, and that is why it is wonderful to live here. Married women have to have their hair covered and all females, from birth on, wear dresses with belts. The men have beards and so on. This community is complex.
Stories abound everywhere.
From the one about Fred's ducks and the Mennonite tourists to the mystery of the disappearnce of a goat. To the stories of the tame pigeons and the huge turkeys and pheasants. Some stories are funny, some sad, some in between and almost all romantic. The young brides brought up from Brazil, some have never even met their future husbands, to Russian Orthodox women marrying outside of the faith. We have no police, except for State Troopers and they service thirteen Russian villages and two islands.