• Broken Empire – After the Fall of the USSR
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    Broken Empire – After the Fall of the USSR
    Sochi, Russia 2001. New Russians - probably part of the affluent mafia crowd - honor an old tradition : gathering to wine and dine at the grave of a deceased relative on Parent's Day, the second Tuesday after Easter.
    Copyright © Gerd Ludwig 2001
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    Broken Empire – After the Fall of the USSR
    Sochi, Russia 2001. New Russians - probably part of the affluent mafia crowd - honor an old tradition : gathering to wine and dine at the grave of a deceased relative on Parent's Day, the second Tuesday after Easter.
    Copyright © Gerd Ludwig 2001

     

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    Broken Empire – After the Fall of the USSR
    Petrovskiy Zavod, Russia 1997. Taking advantage of a stop on the long-distance rail line, babushkas offer passengers their home-cooked food and garden produce, which they cart to the station aboard baby carriages.
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    Broken Empire – After the Fall of the USSR
    Petrovskiy Zavod, Russia 1997. Taking advantage of a stop on the long-distance rail line, babushkas offer passengers their home-cooked food and garden produce, which they cart to the station aboard baby carriages.