A tuvan man sitting on the mount of Kyzyl-taiga is watching through binoculars for what is happening on the banks of a remote mountain lake Sut-Khol. "If you think that you're alone in this deserted place and no one is watching you, – the locals say, – you are wrong. The area is scanning all the time by cattle breeders, watching their herds, or kaigals (horse thiefs), or wolves". Tuva, Russia, 2013

Local tuvan men on bicycles stoped to look at the rainbow. Chadan, Tuva, Russia, 2013

A horse in a herd shakes its head. Tuvan horses are known for their endurance and still take an important place in the culture and economy of Tuva. Tuva, Russia, 2013

A shepherd leads a horse from a herd to a corral. Tuva, Russia, 2013

A herdsman prepares a horse for training races. Tuva, Russia, 2013

Cholubay, 9. Tuvan pupils usually come to nomad camps on summer to their relatives and help them to graze horses, sheep, cows and prepare horses for traditional races. Tuva, Russia, 2013

A grandmother with a grandson on her back are waiting for cows from the pasture in the evening. Shagonar, Tuva, Russia, 2013

A dry tree like a dragon lies on the slopes of the sacred mountain Kyzyl-taiga. Tuva, Russia, 2013

Children are bathing in the fountain in front of the House of Government of the Republic of Tuva. Kyzyl, Tuva, Russia, 2013