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We’ve been looking at some of the more obvious ways in which the ghost of the old Soviet system still remains present today. The physical...
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It’s strange how the influence of the Soviet era still lingers in Russia and perhaps to a lesser extent: other former members of the Soviet Union...
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The ghost at your shoulder #1
“Yes” or “no” are tiny words, yet so powerful that they change everything. In proportion to their effect, they should surely be bigger, more...
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When Russians complain about the winter then it must be bad. These are people who can brush off -20℃ and stoically get on with their routine:...
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Last week we left Russia’s iconic K-7 housing blocks facing the abyss of extinction with the commencement of Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin’s...
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Last week we introduced the Soviet Russian phenomenon of kommunalka, communal housing for disparate lives thrown together in a bid to equitably...
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