Sibiriada Page #5

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The way she behaves.

This is Tofik Rustamov,

my superior,

an oil worker from Baku.

You never heard of him?

He's a Hero of Socialist Labor,

but he's too shy to wear his medal.

He's also a champion athlete and

an excellent husband and father...

Has two boys and three girls...

His eldest daughter is 28...

The youngest is a baby yet...

That's what our gang like.

- Thank you very much, Alyosha.

- That's only the truth.

Here, let me take it.

Is that how you thank me for

helping you, old crab?

- Well, nephew, you finally showed up.

- Yes, here I am, Uncle Spiridon.

You made me wait a long time.

Well, you found me.

You look like you're in good shape.

Look, Tofik, how sturdy

this village builds its men.

I'd like you to meet my uncle,

Spiridon Solomin.

- He killed my father.

- Yes, I did it.

And I paid for it in full,

according to Sovietjustice.

I served in a penal battalion.

I even won a medal.

- I paid with my blood, understand?

- I understand.

- And I don't regret anything.

- I understand.

What are you going to do?

Cut my throat...

Or shoot in the head?

- What'll I do?

- Alexei!

It's all right, all right...

What I'm going to do

is erect a derrick at Devil's Mane

and pump oil.

We'll level this Yelan of yours down

to the ground.

We'll cover everything with asphalt

and put up big buildings.

You and me, we'll be neighbors,

living next door to each other.

It will be the City of Light.

Understand?

- I'm not going to unload transformers!

- Let me smell your breath!

Fedya!

Hey, Gramps, do you have a grand-daughter?

Will you take a tenant?

Got room for me at your house,

old man?

Volodya! Go next door,

this one has no windows.

- Sanya!

- What?

- Where are my weights?

- Ask Petya.

- Petya! Where are my weights?

- Look for them yourself!

You should've cut my throat

when you had the chance.

Oh, look...

It's pretty...

Look at them, look...

Oh, forget it.

I'll be right back, guys.

What are you doing, you monster?

This is their mating season.

Is that why you came?

To see Grandpa tortured?

To knock down his doors?

Give me the shotgun.

And now you want to kill the swans?

Give me the shotgun!

- Taya!

- What?

- The law forbids to shoot swans.

- Are you crazy or what?

- You move fast, you in a hurry?

- Me?

I was not looking for you...

- You came here yourself.

- No, not here... At the house.

- Yes, at the house again, later.

- It's raining, Alyosha.

- I'll spread my coat.

I'll do it...

I'll take it off myself, wait...

Here, let me do it...

Ouch, something's biting!

- It's my ammo belt...

- Oh, your ammo belt...

- It's an anthill, move over.

- Wait...

Lift your leg...

- What is it?

- It's your shotgun, Alyosha.

I was scared...

- I thought:
What the hell is it?

- My darling!

My Alyosha...

My darling, my own Alyosha...

So...

You didn't recognize me?

You forgot me.

How could I know?

You were just a kid

when I saw you last.

And now, you turned to

a beautiful woman.

You know, Taya, you don't look

at all like a country girl.

I came back here six months ago.

I was a waitress

on a ship,

the "Academician Timiryazev".

Deluxe cabins,

a first class restaurant...

...velvet upholstery.

- Was it good?

- Yes, it was good.

Why did you give it up, then?

It was too much of a good thing.

Now I help Spiridon,

as you can see.

Oh, he's a tyrant, but I pity him.

Pelageya's dead, he's alone.

Listen...

How come you never married?

- You don't know?

- No.

Can't you... guess?

No. How would I know?

It's too long a story.

Oh, holy mackerel!

My men are waiting for a banquet!

Look, we'd better not go

to the village together.

It could be embarrassing. I'm here

with my collective, they'll be talking.

Alright?

Great!

I'm off.

- Ciao!

- Ciao...

My heart is broken,

Go away, it's over.

We're strangers, forget about me...

Granddad, hello! By all the saints

in Heaven, you're still alive!

- Alyokha.

- You've got to be kidding, Granddad!

It's not good to live so long,

it's time to die.

Die?

It isn't the old who die,

it's the ones who are ripe for death.

I seem not to be ripe for death yet.

How far is the Devil's Mane?

The Devil and the Sturgeon tried to

measure the distance, but failed.

I never go there,

and I don't advise you to.

That's superstition, old man, I don't

believe it. This is the 20th century!

Then, go...

It was here they made the first

drilling...

Their first site, it was here...

Dad!

Dad!

Dad...

Dad...

- Alyokha!

- Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Alyokha!

Turn, that's good.

You need help, Alexei?

- You have everything alright?

Give Pyotr a hand. - Right.

- Alexei, you'll manage to drill in?

- No.

Sorry to hear that. I thought you'd be

the first here, in your home town.

Taya!

Nice to see you!

- What brings you here?

- I'm going to Grandma's funeral.

- Your grandmother died...

- I decided to come and see you.

Sanya!

Sanya, go up there, help the guys.

Well...

You see...

we are working.

- Out of the forest and you forgot me?

- We're a little rushed, Taya dear.

You could find some time in a whole

month.

- Lena, you got it working?

- No problem!

So your team takes up all your time?

Today is a special day.

We start drilling, understand?

Some other time, alright?

Be seeing you!

Sanya!

Here, take it, Spiridon.

Spiridon, what's the matter?

Jesus, take unto you the departed,

Your faithful servant...

We pray You take her

into the kingdom of Heaven.

Grant her eternal rest

that she may dwell with You

among the blessed

for ever and ever...

Hey, coachman, hold your horses,

It's nowhere I have now to go,

It's no one I love anymore.

Taya! Hello!

It hasn't been much fun aboard

since you left.

- What? Nobody to serve drinks?

- Not like you did!

Do you have earrings?

- How much?

- A hundred.

It's pure gold.

Too expensive.

We're taking them.

You're giving me earrings?

They really look good on you, Taya.

- Really? For me?

- A present for your name day.

I don't understand.

Today is a holiday. The feast of

St. Taya.

The name day of Taya, Fyokla and...

Khavronya.

You've had a lot of education.

In our business, without an education,

you don't get anywhere.

One moment!

A sunray will peep in

Through doors on lock and barrel.

And you're getting dizzy

in your head...

- Love can't be understood...

- Love can't be understood...

Love always is a marvel...

It's only in your heart,

Like in the deepest water.

Your eyes, green as an emerald...

Your eyes, so bewildering...

That night, dark and mysterious,

They made me go mad...

Taya! Tell me,

did you miss me a little?

So much that I couldn't sleep at night.

You could drop in in those two months.

- I was busy, you know.

- I know, the ground here is hard.

- Yes, but how do you know that?

- You're not the only drill-man around.

Not drill-man, we say driller.

As for me, I'm a super-driller.

- I can drill anything.

- Oh, I'm sure you can!

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