Resident of the village of Sosnovets, Kalinin region V. F. Filippov

September 1989. USSR. Kalinin Region. Vasily Filippovich Filippov, a resident of the village of Sosnovets who has been blind since childhood. A man of difficult fate and great love of life, left alone after the death of his parents, he performs peasant duties and housework himself, and has mastered reading, chess, playing the button accordion and the balalaika on his own. The exact date of the photo shoot is unknown. Igor Zotin/TASS