Road Runners Rule!
How to live on $5 a month in Russia November 6, 1998, Reuters News Service Russians survive on as little as $5 a month By Adam Tanner STAVROPOL, Russia, – Yuliya Simenyak, a full-time secretary who makes out the schedules at the local university, earns 90 roubles ($5.50) a month,…
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The only way to travel in the CIS: Drunk! Boston Globe July 22, 1999 In Russia, an alcohol revolution brewing By David Filipov MOSCOW – Elvira the country singer serves up a refreshing glass of “Chuvash Bouquet,” known for its apple-like aftertaste. Next door, Igor from the Volga unleashes heavy…
Read MoreA Subaka Says What?
A exploration of the differences in Russian and America animal sounds Having a chat with Margo Saturday, as Lidia and I were driving to her dacha, I stuck my head out her window and started barking at a dog (subaka) in the car beside us. As your intelligent, verbally oriented…
Read MoreSoviet Swimming
A country of lakes & rivers, and Russians can’t swim 15 July, 1999 Going Swimming By Nick Everything here is the same. No new crisis’s, plenty of food and very few terrorist bombings. The weather is extremely hot and probably set a heat record. Many people drowned each weekend in…
Read MoreManly Russian Men
Why do you think all the Russian women want American husbands? There is a Peace Corps joke about the difference between the Russian men and women. When (not if) the male PCV’s would run out of the dozen condoms that the Peace Corps issued to us, they could simply ask…
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