Egyptian pyramids out of hay
A “cultural revolution” took place in the village of Aleksandrovskoe (1,500 km south of Moscow) when local (местные) farmers saw a film on television about the extinction (вымирание) of Russian villages. One farmer was disturbed by the idea of living in a place condemned (признанный) to be forgotten where nothing happens. Therefore he came up with a “viral” idea to make Egyptian pyramids out of hay and a life-size Egyptian sphinx.
One of the artists, Aleksey Kharin, even changed his profession after creating the installations. This former (бывший) college student decided to stop programing and transferred to the faculty of architecture.
The plan actually worked. Passing cars stopped by the straw (соломенный) pyramids, and nobody left without a watermelon. The square-shaped kind.
