Myths and legends surrounding the Kazanka River are like pebbles lifted from the riverbed and carried downstream. Out of the cold darkness into the light! Over the centuries, currents have carried them across the riverbed like a mother carries her child and deposits them gently on the waiting shore. Even broken discarded bottles can be turned into emeralds by the power of the relentless waters. Stones are transformed, by its gentle caress, revealing natures semi-precious gemstones. The same can be said of snapshots in history, retold again and again, and passed down from generation to generation. They are smoothed and polished like gems, anchoring the bonds between the people living by the banks of the Kazanka. Here are some of the gems found by the shore leading from the mouth of the mighty river to it’s source…