Pavel Prokopchik

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Russian Alternative
Biography: Pavel Prokopchik  was born in Budyonnovsk (Russia) in 1982. Grew up in Latvia, which was a part of Soviet Union at that time. Starting from the year 2001 living in The Netherlands. Currently residing in Amsterdam.
Public Story
Russian Alternative
Copyright Pavel Prokopchik 2024
Updated Oct 2010
Topics Documentary, Travel

There are people in Russia that choose an alternative lifestyle. Away from all the politics and materialistically driven society. To me there can’t be a more positive story than a story about freethinking people that are willingly denying the comfortable lifestyle and life oriented at possession of things, particularly in a country that is caught up in between strictly controlled society and capitalism.Some of them turn to sale of illegal substances to support their lifestyle and evade a 9 to 5 office job, which doesn’t pay much anyway. Some keep their work and their life separately and refuse promotion not to get too involved in a corporate world. They are not the hippies of the 60’s nor are they the beatniks, even though some of them inherited the relentless sprit of Dean Moriarty from Kerouac’s – “On the road”. It’s a new generation that is still in search for the escape from the grips of our society. 

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