Farewell to Mekhov 2000 Прощание с Меховым

“A farewell to those who sang the soul of the land.”

Farewell to Mekhov is a documentary ethnographic film shot in 2000 in the Pskov and Vitebsk regions. It focuses on the vanishing tradition of Russian village music, capturing the voices, songs, and spirit of rural communities whose cultural practices are fading away. Through field recordings, performances of folk songs, and candid interviews, the film offers a poignant farewell to a way of life rooted in music, memory, and communal identity. The film was created with the support of folklorists Irina Romodina and Alexander Romodin. Cinematography by Alexander Sokolkov (Moscow). Produced for the art channel ZDF (Berlin) with participation from Jochen Krausser and Ulrike Hunt (Bonn).