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3610
Broken Empire – After the Fall of the USSR
Yakutsk, Russia 2001. Accustomed to violent winters, women in the Sakha Republic keep warm in floor-length furs. Thanks to its rich natural resources, Russia's remote northern province harbors islands of prosperity - but not warmth. In January, the daily high in the capital, Yakutsk, averages minus 43°F.
© Gerd Ludwig
3610
Broken Empire – After the Fall of the USSR
Yakutsk, Russia 2001. Accustomed to violent winters, women in the Sakha Republic keep warm in floor-length furs. Thanks to its rich natural resources, Russia's remote northern province harbors islands of prosperity - but not warmth. In January, the daily high in the capital, Yakutsk, averages minus 43°F.
© Gerd Ludwig
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3198
The last Empire - Twenty years after
Tango club. Voronezh. Russia. 2015
© Sergey Maximishin / Focus
08/04/2015 3198
08/04/2015
The last Empire - Twenty years after
Tango club. Voronezh. Russia. 2015
© Sergey Maximishin / Focus
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Train for the forgotten
The village of Lopcha was founded in 1978, when the BAM line was being built. It now has a population of around 500.
William Daniels
03/06/2013 2599
03/06/2013
Train for the forgotten
The village of Lopcha was founded in 1978, when the BAM line was being built. It now has a population of around 500.
William Daniels
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2583
Train for the forgotten
After a rare visit by a surgeon on the Matvey Mudrov, for the first time in twelve months, Albert Popov who is paraplegic can now resume his rehab exercises with the “Parapodium” in the village of Lopcha. Otherwise he would have to spend two days traveling to a specialized center.
William Daniels
03/06/2013 2583
03/06/2013
Train for the forgotten
After a rare visit by a surgeon on the Matvey Mudrov, for the first time in twelve months, Albert Popov who is paraplegic can now resume his rehab exercises with the “Parapodium” in the village of Lopcha. Otherwise he would have to spend two days traveling to a specialized center.
William Daniels
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2582
Train for the forgotten
Svetlana Vishniakova was the school mistress in Chilchi, but had a stroke; her right side is now paralyzed and she cannot speak. Her daughter-in-law cares for her.
William Daniels
31/05/2013 2582
31/05/2013
Train for the forgotten
Svetlana Vishniakova was the school mistress in Chilchi, but had a stroke; her right side is now paralyzed and she cannot speak. Her daughter-in-law cares for her.
William Daniels
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2581
Train for the forgotten
Chilchi. The village has a center for underprivileged children – Solnyshko (“little sunshine”) – looking after orphans and children of parents who are alcoholic or suffer from tuberculosis. Lidia Konochenko is helping Maxime Detuk get off to sleep.
William Daniels
30/05/2013 2581
30/05/2013
Train for the forgotten
Chilchi. The village has a center for underprivileged children – Solnyshko (“little sunshine”) – looking after orphans and children of parents who are alcoholic or suffer from tuberculosis. Lidia Konochenko is helping Maxime Detuk get off to sleep.
William Daniels
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2580
Train for the forgotten
Lopcha. Patients lining up to get the results of their pathology tests.
William Daniels
27/05/2013 2580
27/05/2013
Train for the forgotten
Lopcha. Patients lining up to get the results of their pathology tests.
William Daniels
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2579
Train for the forgotten
Two nurses watching a soap opera on TV in their compartment.
William Daniels
26/05/2013 2579
26/05/2013
Train for the forgotten
Two nurses watching a soap opera on TV in their compartment.
William Daniels
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2578
Train for the forgotten
Yuktali. Students who have completed their final year of secondary schooling, are preparing to celebrate Posledni Zvonok, the “last school bell.” Some will leave to study at university.
William Daniels
25/05/2013 2578
25/05/2013
Train for the forgotten
Yuktali. Students who have completed their final year of secondary schooling, are preparing to celebrate Posledni Zvonok, the “last school bell.” Some will leave to study at university.
William Daniels
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Train for the forgotten
The town of Uktali has a population of 2000, and a hospital that belongs to Russian Railways. It covers a catchment area extending over more than 450 kilometers. Unfortunately the X-ray machine often breaks down, as is the case today.
William Daniels
24/05/2013 2603
24/05/2013
Train for the forgotten
The town of Uktali has a population of 2000, and a hospital that belongs to Russian Railways. It covers a catchment area extending over more than 450 kilometers. Unfortunately the X-ray machine often breaks down, as is the case today.
William Daniels
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2577
Train for the forgotten
Yuktali. Patients line up in the corridor to register before seeing a doctor.
William Daniels
24/05/2013 2577
24/05/2013
Train for the forgotten
Yuktali. Patients line up in the corridor to register before seeing a doctor.
William Daniels
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2576
Train for the forgotten
Liza Bazhanova (8) waiting for pathology results in the train lab. Even at her age, she complains about the lack of decent healthcare in her home village of Olekma.
William Daniels
23/05/2013 2576
23/05/2013
Train for the forgotten
Liza Bazhanova (8) waiting for pathology results in the train lab. Even at her age, she complains about the lack of decent healthcare in her home village of Olekma.
William Daniels
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2575
Train for the forgotten
Khani. Patients from the village register at the reception desk, then consult specialists. The village, with a population of 900, does have one doctor: a specialist in treatment of diseases of the mouth.
William Daniels
22/05/2013 2575
22/05/2013
Train for the forgotten
Khani. Patients from the village register at the reception desk, then consult specialists. The village, with a population of 900, does have one doctor: a specialist in treatment of diseases of the mouth.
William Daniels
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2574
Train for the forgotten
Mogot. Uri is dismantling the last homes in the village, made with train carriages, that once housed the pioneers who built the line.
William Daniels
20/05/2013 2574
20/05/2013
Train for the forgotten
Mogot. Uri is dismantling the last homes in the village, made with train carriages, that once housed the pioneers who built the line.
William Daniels
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2573
Train for the Forgotten
Zolotinka. Population: 550, with 85% work for Russian Railways. In the Soviet era, 1 500 people lived here. Half the apartments are now unoccupied.
William Daniels
19/05/2013 2573
19/05/2013
Train for the Forgotten
Zolotinka. Population: 550, with 85% work for Russian Railways. In the Soviet era, 1 500 people lived here. Half the apartments are now unoccupied.
William Daniels
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2571
Train for the Forgotten
Tutaul. Natalia Pushko and Alexander Repkin are the only pupils in their Grade 9 class at the local school which has a total enrollment of 36 students. “I’m sick of him,” says Natalia. She agrees that it is quiet here, but wants to leave and never come back.
William Daniels
05/04/2013 2571
05/04/2013
Train for the Forgotten
Tutaul. Natalia Pushko and Alexander Repkin are the only pupils in their Grade 9 class at the local school which has a total enrollment of 36 students. “I’m sick of him,” says Natalia. She agrees that it is quiet here, but wants to leave and never come back.
William Daniels
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2570
Train for the Forgotten
Verkhnezeysk. Elena Shershova, who suffers from severe psoriasis, is sweeping up dead skin in her tiny apartment. She has regular appointments in Blagoveshchensk; it takes her sixteen hours to get there.
William Daniels
03/04/2013 2570
03/04/2013
Train for the Forgotten
Verkhnezeysk. Elena Shershova, who suffers from severe psoriasis, is sweeping up dead skin in her tiny apartment. She has regular appointments in Blagoveshchensk; it takes her sixteen hours to get there.
William Daniels
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2569
Train for the Forgotten
Verkhnezeysk (population 1 500). In Soviet times, the town had a summer youth camp, now converted into housing. In the background is the heating plant for the city which, if the Far East had been opened up, would have had a population of 30 000.
William Daniels
2569
Train for the Forgotten
Verkhnezeysk (population 1 500). In Soviet times, the town had a summer youth camp, now converted into housing. In the background is the heating plant for the city which, if the Far East had been opened up, would have had a population of 30 000.
William Daniels
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Train for the forgotten
Tungala. Younger members of the community celebrating a birthday, partying with kebabs, beer and vodka. Most of them work for Russian Railways
William Daniels
30/03/2013 2598
30/03/2013
Train for the forgotten
Tungala. Younger members of the community celebrating a birthday, partying with kebabs, beer and vodka. Most of them work for Russian Railways
William Daniels
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Train for the forgotten
Tungala. A child playing outside buildings from the Soviet era. Some were never completed, as building projects were simply abandoned in 1991.
William Daniels
30/03/2013 2597
30/03/2013
Train for the forgotten
Tungala. A child playing outside buildings from the Soviet era. Some were never completed, as building projects were simply abandoned in 1991.
William Daniels
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Train for the forgotten
Tungala, population: 548. Natalia Zaretskaya is the only qualified health care professional; she is the feldscher, i.e. nurse, with the same responsibilities as a doctor. The closest maternity hospital is a twelve-hour train ride away, and there is only one train a day.
William Daniels
29/03/2013 2602
29/03/2013
Train for the forgotten
Tungala, population: 548. Natalia Zaretskaya is the only qualified health care professional; she is the feldscher, i.e. nurse, with the same responsibilities as a doctor. The closest maternity hospital is a twelve-hour train ride away, and there is only one train a day.
William Daniels
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Train for the forgotten
Tungala. In 1989 the village had a population of 3000, but it is now only 548. The story is much the same for most of the villages along the Baikal-Amur Mainline that were deserted after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
William Daniels
29/03/2013 2596
29/03/2013
Train for the forgotten
Tungala. In 1989 the village had a population of 3000, but it is now only 548. The story is much the same for most of the villages along the Baikal-Amur Mainline that were deserted after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
William Daniels
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Train for the forgotten
Crossing the taiga. The train usually travels by night, and is then ready for work in the morning, at a different village each day.
William Daniels
27/03/2013 2595
27/03/2013
Train for the forgotten
Crossing the taiga. The train usually travels by night, and is then ready for work in the morning, at a different village each day.
William Daniels
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2594
Train for the forgotten
The crew is celebrating the birthday of the medical director, Vera Chebakova. The famous doctor Matvey Mudrov can be seen in the portrait on the wall.
William Daniels
23/03/2013 2594
23/03/2013
Train for the forgotten
The crew is celebrating the birthday of the medical director, Vera Chebakova. The famous doctor Matvey Mudrov can be seen in the portrait on the wall.
William Daniels
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2593
Train for the forgotten
The view from the back of the Matvey Mudrov in the tiny village of Kenai, where, after many complaints from the Mayor, the train has now stopped for the first time in three years.
William Daniels
22/03/2013 2593
22/03/2013
Train for the forgotten
The view from the back of the Matvey Mudrov in the tiny village of Kenai, where, after many complaints from the Mayor, the train has now stopped for the first time in three years.
William Daniels
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2592
Train for the forgotten
Kun. Olga Kolmogorova is trying to catch a telephone signal to make a call. She and her husband Piotr are raising their three grandchildren, as their father is often away, working in the taiga, and their mother has lost custody because of parental neglect.
William Daniels
19/03/2013 2592
19/03/2013
Train for the forgotten
Kun. Olga Kolmogorova is trying to catch a telephone signal to make a call. She and her husband Piotr are raising their three grandchildren, as their father is often away, working in the taiga, and their mother has lost custody because of parental neglect.
William Daniels
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2591
Train for the forgotten
A stop for the Matvey Mudrov in Kun (“snow-covered valley”). The village has no running water, and only a few families still live there.
William Daniels
19/03/2013 2591
19/03/2013
Train for the forgotten
A stop for the Matvey Mudrov in Kun (“snow-covered valley”). The village has no running water, and only a few families still live there.
William Daniels
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Train for the forgotten
Selikhin. An old lady selling piroshky to the team on board the train.
William Daniels
18/03/2013 2590
18/03/2013
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Selikhin. An old lady selling piroshky to the team on board the train.
William Daniels
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Train for the forgotten
Elban. During a stopover the Matvey Mudrov crew are celebrating Maslenitsa, marking the end of winter, drinking vodka, eating kebabs and burning a doll.
William Daniels
17/03/2013 2588
17/03/2013
Train for the forgotten
Elban. During a stopover the Matvey Mudrov crew are celebrating Maslenitsa, marking the end of winter, drinking vodka, eating kebabs and burning a doll.
William Daniels
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Train for the forgotten
During an overnight stay in the town of Elban, Carina Sadirdinova prepares a barbecue to celebrate Maslenitsa. The team will spend the evening together, eating kebabs, drinking vodka, and burning a doll as is the tradition marking the start of Lent and the end of winter.
William Daniels
17/03/2013 2601
17/03/2013
Train for the forgotten
During an overnight stay in the town of Elban, Carina Sadirdinova prepares a barbecue to celebrate Maslenitsa. The team will spend the evening together, eating kebabs, drinking vodka, and burning a doll as is the tradition marking the start of Lent and the end of winter.
William Daniels
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Train for the forgotten
Elban. The team is celebrating Maslenitsa in the train’s dining car, drinking, singing and dancing late into the night.
William Daniels
17/03/2013 2589
17/03/2013
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Elban. The team is celebrating Maslenitsa in the train’s dining car, drinking, singing and dancing late into the night.
William Daniels
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Train for the forgotten
Bolon. Vladimir Petrenko, who has liver problems, is at home with his invalid wife, Lubov (“Love”), their daughter-in-law, Elena, and grandson, Valery, who suffers from hemophilia.
William Daniels
16/03/2013 2587
16/03/2013
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Bolon. Vladimir Petrenko, who has liver problems, is at home with his invalid wife, Lubov (“Love”), their daughter-in-law, Elena, and grandson, Valery, who suffers from hemophilia.
William Daniels
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Train for the forgotten
Bolon. A doctor and nurse on board the Matvey Mudrov are recording an electroencephalogram of Nadegda Gaskevitch who struck her head in a fall in 2003 and now needs regular treatment.
William Daniels
16/03/2013 2586
16/03/2013
Train for the forgotten
Bolon. A doctor and nurse on board the Matvey Mudrov are recording an electroencephalogram of Nadegda Gaskevitch who struck her head in a fall in 2003 and now needs regular treatment.
William Daniels
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2585
Train for the forgotten
Sanboli. Anna Stavrova, the ophthalmologist, is examining Ludmila Raevskaya who may have glaucoma. Ludmila had to take a train for her appointment as the Matvey Mudrov does not stop in her tiny village.
William Daniels
14/03/2013 2585
14/03/2013
Train for the forgotten
Sanboli. Anna Stavrova, the ophthalmologist, is examining Ludmila Raevskaya who may have glaucoma. Ludmila had to take a train for her appointment as the Matvey Mudrov does not stop in her tiny village.
William Daniels
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2584
Train for the forgotten
Litovko. Villagers line up, enduring the cold (-15°C/5°F) until the doors open at 9 am. In these remote areas, mid winter temperatures can go down to 45°C/ 50°F. Most diagnostic services provided in the train are covered by public funding.
William Daniels
12/03/2013 2584
12/03/2013
Train for the forgotten
Litovko. Villagers line up, enduring the cold (-15°C/5°F) until the doors open at 9 am. In these remote areas, mid winter temperatures can go down to 45°C/ 50°F. Most diagnostic services provided in the train are covered by public funding.
William Daniels
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Train for the forgotten
Carina Sadirdinova, the nurse and receptionist on the Matvey Mudrov, catches a ray of sunshine after a day’s work in the village of Volochaevka.
William Daniels
11/03/2013 2600
11/03/2013
Train for the forgotten
Carina Sadirdinova, the nurse and receptionist on the Matvey Mudrov, catches a ray of sunshine after a day’s work in the village of Volochaevka.
William Daniels
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3631
Broken Empire – After the Fall of the USSR
Novokuznetsk, Russia 1992. Smoke from the KMK steel plant belches carbon monoxide above this Siberian city. By the early 1990's, pollution had impacted every major river in Russia, had left one quarter of the drinking water unsafe, and had cursed 35 million Russians with unhealthy air.
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Broken Empire – After the Fall of the USSR
Novokuznetsk, Russia 1992. Smoke from the KMK steel plant belches carbon monoxide above this Siberian city. By the early 1990's, pollution had impacted every major river in Russia, had left one quarter of the drinking water unsafe, and had cursed 35 million Russians with unhealthy air.
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Lethal Legacy. Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R. 1992 - 1994
Novokuznetsk / Russia
When KMK was originally built by Stalin as a major production facility for bullets to fight the German invaders in World War II ecological aspects were not a priority. Driven by their quest for even higher productivity during the cold war era Soviet technocrats never allowed the situation to improve. The steel plant in Novokuznetsk still belches thick smoke into the Siberian sky.
© Gerd Ludwig
23/02/2011 3601
23/02/2011
Lethal Legacy. Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R. 1992 - 1994
Novokuznetsk / Russia
When KMK was originally built by Stalin as a major production facility for bullets to fight the German invaders in World War II ecological aspects were not a priority. Driven by their quest for even higher productivity during the cold war era Soviet technocrats never allowed the situation to improve. The steel plant in Novokuznetsk still belches thick smoke into the Siberian sky.
© Gerd Ludwig
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3578
Lethal Legacy. Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R. 1992 - 1994
Prokoyevsk / Russia
Miner Sasha Balaganov has removed the coal dust covered snow from the roof of his small house located near a coal enrichment plant.
© Gerd Ludwig
23/02/2011 3578
23/02/2011
Lethal Legacy. Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R. 1992 - 1994
Prokoyevsk / Russia
Miner Sasha Balaganov has removed the coal dust covered snow from the roof of his small house located near a coal enrichment plant.
© Gerd Ludwig
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3181
The last Empire - Twenty years after
Pioneers greet the komsomol veteran in the Lenin House-Museum - 2010
© Sergey Maximishin / Focus
3181
The last Empire - Twenty years after
Pioneers greet the komsomol veteran in the Lenin House-Museum - 2010
© Sergey Maximishin / Focus
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Broken Empire – After the Fall of the USSR
Siberia, Russia 1997. Endless trees and the frozen silence of the Russian taiga slide past the frosted window of the Trans-Siberian Railroad as it sweeps east of Lake Baikal.
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Broken Empire – After the Fall of the USSR
Siberia, Russia 1997. Endless trees and the frozen silence of the Russian taiga slide past the frosted window of the Trans-Siberian Railroad as it sweeps east of Lake Baikal.
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Lethal Legacy. Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R. 1992 - 1994
Magnitogorsk / Russia
Extreme heat and sulfur fumes turn the work on top of the coke ovens in the Lenin steel works in Magnitogorsk into a living hell.
© Gerd Ludwig
20/03/2017 3579
20/03/2017
Lethal Legacy. Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R. 1992 - 1994
Magnitogorsk / Russia
Extreme heat and sulfur fumes turn the work on top of the coke ovens in the Lenin steel works in Magnitogorsk into a living hell.
© Gerd Ludwig
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Lethal Legacy. Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R. 1992 - 1994
Mirnyy / Russia
Mirnyy is a center of diamond mining. On an average of once a week, the rock in the diamond pit is being exploded. The explosions release an orange cloud of dust and gases. Depending on wind and weather this cloud can remain in the pit for days causing a shut down of all work activities in the pit.
© Gerd Ludwig
30/10/2009 3592
30/10/2009
Lethal Legacy. Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R. 1992 - 1994
Mirnyy / Russia
Mirnyy is a center of diamond mining. On an average of once a week, the rock in the diamond pit is being exploded. The explosions release an orange cloud of dust and gases. Depending on wind and weather this cloud can remain in the pit for days causing a shut down of all work activities in the pit.
© Gerd Ludwig
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Lethal Legacy. Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R. 1992 - 1994
Moscow / Russia
Several clusters of children with missing forearms were discovered in Moscow. All these hemi-melia births, as scientist call them, occured between 1985-1990 in two neighborhoods. Also no certain links can be drawn between these births defects and Moscow’s bewildering mix of pollutants (dioxin, military plants, trash incinerators etc), most scientific research points to pollution as a cause.
© Gerd Ludwig
30/10/2009 3570
30/10/2009
Lethal Legacy. Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R. 1992 - 1994
Moscow / Russia
Several clusters of children with missing forearms were discovered in Moscow. All these hemi-melia births, as scientist call them, occured between 1985-1990 in two neighborhoods. Also no certain links can be drawn between these births defects and Moscow’s bewildering mix of pollutants (dioxin, military plants, trash incinerators etc), most scientific research points to pollution as a cause.
© Gerd Ludwig
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3627
Broken Empire – After the Fall of the USSR
Semey, Kazakhstan 1992. Homey decor does little to ease young fears at a medical diagnostic center. Area residents suffer nighmarishly high rates of cancer and other diseases linked to fallout from nuclear tests.
Copyright © Gerd Ludwig 1992
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Broken Empire – After the Fall of the USSR
Semey, Kazakhstan 1992. Homey decor does little to ease young fears at a medical diagnostic center. Area residents suffer nighmarishly high rates of cancer and other diseases linked to fallout from nuclear tests.
Copyright © Gerd Ludwig 1992
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Lethal Legacy. Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R. 1992 - 1994
Moscow / Russia
Dolgoprudinskaya garbage dump site where people searching for eatables, like breads and fruits or for bottles, construction materials, waste from cigarette factories, etc.
© Gerd Ludwig
11/08/2008 3606
11/08/2008
Lethal Legacy. Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R. 1992 - 1994
Moscow / Russia
Dolgoprudinskaya garbage dump site where people searching for eatables, like breads and fruits or for bottles, construction materials, waste from cigarette factories, etc.
© Gerd Ludwig
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3208
The last Empire - Twenty years after
Theological college. Dagestan autonomy. Russia. 2008
© Sergey Maximishin / Focus
01/01/2008 3208
01/01/2008
The last Empire - Twenty years after
Theological college. Dagestan autonomy. Russia. 2008
© Sergey Maximishin / Focus
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The last Empire - Twenty years after
Waiting for school bus. Kabardino-Balkarskaya autonomy. Russia. 2008
© Sergey Maximishin / Focus
01/01/2008 3197
01/01/2008
The last Empire - Twenty years after
Waiting for school bus. Kabardino-Balkarskaya autonomy. Russia. 2008
© Sergey Maximishin / Focus
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The last Empire - Twenty years after
A holiday of memory of The Virgin. Settlement of Aramus. Armenia. 2007
© Sergey Maximishin / Focus
01/01/2007 3211
01/01/2007
The last Empire - Twenty years after
A holiday of memory of The Virgin. Settlement of Aramus. Armenia. 2007
© Sergey Maximishin / Focus