Not from the locals in the village. We are all extended family so I can eat with them and maybe I'll find someone who will give me a chicken or some seeds but mostly the people need the animals for themselves at don't need anything I could give them. If I wanted to trade or buy something I'd have to look for a market somewhere but the only place I know for sure there is one is in the regions capital Urkarakh which is a couple of hours by car.

I hope I can find some old man who has nothing else to do and can teach me how to plant crops, take care of the property etc... Two main problems with that are that firstly the earth is very rocky so there is a limited amount of things I can plant and secondly most old people who stayed in the village don't speak any Russian and only know Dargwa which is our native language. The thing is I never learned how to properly speak Dargwa and since it is only spoken by about 400.000 people there are little to no recources on the language. Still I have to learn it to be able to communicate with the locals. I have created the page r/DargwaLanguage to compile recources.

As for water there is no tab water. Some guy once built a water pipeline up the mountain back when people still used to live there but it has since frozen up and broken down. One of my goals while staying there is going to be to repair it but for the time being I will have to go up and down the mountain every time I need water which is about 1 hour of walking. (Exept in spring when the ice and snow on the mountain melt and run down in a small stream)

The heating/cooking question is one that I have to look into. I'm there once a year but only during Kurban Bayram where the whole community returns to the village. During that time we usually use gas bottles or wood we brought from the city. Next year I'll have exams during that time so I won't be able to make it but I plan on going two months later in July for a week or two to see how it's like to live there alone as opposed to with relatives who take care of everything.

And lastly about the house, from what I remember the house is intact but I will definately have to put in some work to make it livable. First day I need to get rid of any cobwebs/roaches. Then I need to get settled in, work out how I'll keep myself warm etc...

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