Life can have a negative overtone in the villages. The elderly lady lost her mother during the starvation period under Stalin. Above, pensioners glean grain after harvest. A man shows the name of a relative killed by the Nazis in WW2. The combine operates over 6,000 acres of wheat during the summer with a 12 foot wide head. A crew of 12 keeps the combine going. The combine is almost 40 years old.