Articles

• Life style

A Virtual Tour Around the Tropical Butterflies Room in Moscow State University’s Apothecary Garden

• Anna Demidova
• 26 October 2022

Anna Demidova, Ph. D. in Biology, staff scientist and tour guide with Moscow State University Botanic Garden, tells about the Tropical Butterflies Room.

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• People

Alexander Montov, A Sightless Film Director Who Showed The World What Life Without Eyesight Is Like

• 21 October 2022

Yulia Pugachyova, Special View portal author, tells about the director’s life and legacy.

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The Cryptology museum: Adapting a Science and Technology Exhibition for the Sightless

• 19 August 2022

The Cryptology museum curator for accessibility and inclusion tells about exhibition adaptation and most interesting pieces of the museum's collection available for tactile examination.

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• Audio description

Property Master Will Help: Audio Description in Karelia and Khabarovsk

• 12 August 2022

This time, the Special View portal speaks to audio description specialists from Petrozavodsk and Khabarovsk who share their problems, know-how and discoveries.

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Inclusive balls in Russia: Samara teaches the whole country how to dance

• 10 August 2022

Vladimir Vaskevich talked to sponsors, choreographers and participants of the project “Inclusive balls of Russia”.

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• People

“I realized my dream could still come true”. A blind mechanic tells, how he builds engines by touch

• 8 July 2022

Konstantin Kurmaev lost his sight in an accident, but it didn’t affect his passion to mechanics at all.

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• Audio description

Театрга рәхим итегез, or Welcome To The Theatre: audio description in Tatarstan

• 1 July 2022

Difficulties, regional peculiarities and unexpected personal discoveries in the story of Gelyusia Zakirova from Kazan.

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• Everyday Living

Visible Moscow: Sightless Enthusiasts Create a Guide on Rehab Programs

• 24 June 2022

This project was initiated within the framework of Act With No Barriers program.

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• Art

Special View Forum Festival of Socially-Oriented Theatre: A Personal Note

• 1 June 2022

Irina Povolotskaya, a deaf blind actress, shares her impressions of participating in the Special View forum festival

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• People

Being a farmer: how a sightless entrepreneur established his own dairy farming business

• Vladimir Vaskevich
• 29 April 2022

Alexander Smolyaninov owns a big farm, promotes legislative initiatives, raises children and helps other farmers.

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Travel across Russia: accessible Ekaterinburg

• Vladimir Vaskevich
• 13 April 2022

Vladimir Vaskevich talks about places of interest and cultural event, that are accessible for people with visual impairments.

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Teaching Stylists to Work With Sightless Persons While Teaching the Sightless to Be Stylish

• Юлия Васильева
• 30 March 2022

Yulia Vasilyeva tells about the BlindFashion project which helps stylists and sightless persons to find each other.

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• Education

A Tutor For A Sightless Pupil: Parents' Experience

• 25 March 2022

Parents of visually challenged children told us about finding tutors, lessons with them and the difficulties one may face.

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• Audio description

The cold pole: how audio description develops in Yakutia

• Елена Керн
• 4 March 2022

“Special View” interviewed Evdokia Gerasimova, an audio descriptor from Yakutia.

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• Life style

Walking Around Tsaritsyno Memorial Estate: How to Create Accessible Routes for Sightless Visitors

• 18 February 2022

Vladimir Vaskevich, Special View's correspondent, interviewed the activists of the Walking around the Park project

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