Docks, St Petersburg, February 1993

Judging by their clothing, it was well below freezing, as typical for this time of year.

Daghestani sailors, St Petersburg, April 1993

Daghestan is a mountainous republic on Chechnya's eastern border, a small province with about 40 of the 50 languages of the Caucasus. The name of the ship looks like a pun on the phrase "We are searching".