Kleinhouse
Red hands in the yard of the Kleinhouse housing compound.
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Shawl Vendor
The lady sells shawls near the Belorusskaya Railway Station.
Man Without Shadow
Marika Rökk, who was banned from acting for two years for her apparent closeness to the Nazi regime,…
Organic Food Store with a Nasty Twist
German Sterligov’s organic food store: no gays allowed, the rest get a nice smile.
Kalashnikov Statue Causes Controversy in Moscow
There is undoubtedly nothing artistic about the statue to the father of the legendary AK-47: a man with…
About Squirrel Patrols in Moscow
Once upon a time, when things were quiet in Moscow, the then AP bureau chief Caro Kriel found…
“Workers’ Demonstrations” in USSR
On the first of May, as well as on other Soviet holidays that required universal shows of loyalty,…
A Tale of Love and Peril in the Cold War
My friend Vladimir McMillin (in this photo he drinks beer in a Moscow bar in September 2017) has…
The Battle for Tskhinval(i)
It was not easy to cover the conflict in South Ossetia in 2008, which involved Georgia, Russia and…
Stalin and Dow Jones
Once upon a time a TASS night-time editor picked up a ringing phone and – lo and behold…
The Cook that Killed ‘Em All
The little person standing on the porch of the prison cell of the Do-Ab detention center for Taliban…
Education in Afghanistan
During the Taliban rule, which came to an end in late 2001, Afghanistan had schools that taught mostly…