Symbols of a forgotten ritual

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Ustyugyama
Type

Ai Art

Description

“Dear diary, it is time for my granddaughter and me to leave. We are following Vasechka; we are on our way. Our homeland is casting us out. Who could have imagined it only two centuries ago?”

“Yes, Grandpa. It’s unbelievable.”

An elderly traveler and his granddaughter carry symbols of a forgotten ritual.

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Professor Bekhtereva’s head appears in a surreal Soviet scientific scene.
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Head of Professor Bekhtereva

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Deification of the Krash

A mechanical guardian overlooks a crowded alien open-air market.
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Papus faces luminous lead-crystal cylinders in a cold surreal landscape.
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Papus and Lead Crystal Cylinders

An exhausted cybernetic worker sits at a cash register in Chromsk 2127.
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Magical Schoolgirl

Soviet officials meet secret long-eared cybernetics experts.
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Baba Yaga stands on two legs between a village and the world of the dead.
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Holy Yaga

Doinel stands beside glowing lead-crystal formations — Lead Crystal Master.
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A young woman reaches toward a dimly glowing crystal — First Shift.
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First shift

Cybernetic ballerinas perform with exposed mechanical augmentations — Bullet-Ballet.
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Bullet-Ballet

A surreal figure is surrounded by synthetic toxins and neon machinery — Synthetic Poison.
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Synthetic Poison

A bear and a panda embrace in a surreal symbol of cultural fusion — Cultures Mix, Species Mix.
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Cultures Mix, Species Mix

A child faces a threatening cybernetic hand in a dark futuristic scene.
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Dahmer 2077

A stern Soviet officer eats traditional food in a secret military office.
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Bokiy’s favorite

A witch in official attire stands before government agents — Legally Witch.
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Legally witch

A masked red-suited agent embraces a man resembling Vladimir Putin.
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Whispers worth a billiard

Soviet officials meet secret elves in Chromsk in 1957 — Peace & Druids.
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Peace & Druids

A surreal human-shaped hurricane creeps across the landscape — Putin-hurricane Is Creepeng.
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Putin-hurricane is creepeng

A chrome bear towers over a futuristic city celebration — City Day in Chromsk.
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City Day in Chromsk: Chrome Bear Night

A towering policewoman patrols a surreal Russian city — Aunt Styopa Policeman.
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Aunt Styopa policeman

A futuristic holiday fashion scene inspired by Russian New Year traditions — Go-Go Trends 2128.
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A luminous cybernetic skeleton reveals its inner structure — Inner Beauty.
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A glamorous widow poses in a surreal cocktail advertisement — Just Add the Widow.
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A young woman knight stands with a sword and a carton of artificial milk.
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Gorynych +1

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A cybernetic woman faces the assessing gaze of wealthy onlookers — First Viewing.
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A cybernetic hussar in dark armor stands among soldiers — Hussar Venom.
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A white rabbit sits in the arms of a dark figure in a surreal Russian landscape.
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A woman fused with luminous crystal carries a transformed body — Crystal Bride.
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A giant militant beaver attacks a Polish city — War Against Bobr Kurwa.
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A Japanese division commander stands motionless on guard with a katana.
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A messianic figure appears without notice at a crowded modern food court.
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A futuristic young woman in a cyberpunk portrait — Forever-girl.
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A city official tests experimental cybernetic augmentations — Cyborgogo.
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An unarmed figure stands before massive military vehicles at a Star Empire parade.
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The 172nd clone of a billionaire eats pasta during an intergalactic interview.
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Möbius Paste

A musketeer is caught in a crowded futuristic rush hour — Musketeer Rush Hour.
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Musketeer Rush Hour

A cybernetic sheep is connected to experimental machinery.
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Do Cyborgs Dream of Electric Sheep?

A mysterious deer-headed figure emerges from a dreamlike landscape.
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A cybernetic Alice poses with an exposed mechanical arm — Alice in the Bomberland.
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Alice in the Bomberland

An elderly beauty-pageant winner poses as Miss June — Gardn & Gardn.
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Gardn & Gardn: Miss June

Two armored witches confront each other in a dark military setting — Witch-Bitch.
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Witch-Bitch

Surreal peonies merge with cybernetic mechanisms in a futuristic flowerbed.
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Peony-cyborg-like flowerbeds

A long-eared woman smokes beneath a yellow streetlamp, holding a briefcase — Long-Eared Spy.
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Long-Eared Spy

Kim Jong-un stands between symmetrical ranks of armed soldiers amid flames.
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Kim Jong-un and the hidden hippies

An ancient stone statue waits in an animal shelter — Pet of the Month.
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Pet of the Month

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Kalinkara & Koschei