The life of the Sovi­et era has large­ly been pre­served here. Ivanov­ka still pro­vides itself with essen­tial food prod­ucts and man­ages to sell some of its prod­ucts. The col­lec­tive farm still elects chair­men, and the enter­prise itself enjoys finan­cial sup­port from the author­i­ties. It’s like a por­tal to the past.