About Author: Hallie Golden

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Artistry Through Turbulence

Posted on September 14, 2011 | No Comments
More than 20 years after an epic struggle, he finds harmony in the same place: his paintings. Aslangery Uyanayev was part of a group of artists who squatted at Pushkinskaya...
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Young Musician Bucks Russian Musical Culture

Posted on August 5, 2011 | No Comments
The 15-year-old’s frustrating memories of German class do not stem from grammar drills or vocabulary words, but from balloons. The balloons were from all the celebrations that Olja Voronenko’s school...
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Gas Attacks? Poison? Unlikely in Modern Russia

Posted on July 31, 2011 | No Comments
The Cold War may have ended more than 20 years ago but its memory lingers on among many Americans, coloring how they view Russia in the 21st Century.
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The Most Precious Season: light warm nights along the Neva

Posted on July 25, 2011 | 1 Comment
As we began our walk down the long dim cobblestone path along the Neva River, the lights from sidewalk restaurant tables glowed and the conversations from its many inhabitants hung...
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St. Petersburg And Vyborg, Inside And Out

Posted on July 25, 2011 | No Comments
By Hallie Golden The breathtaking architecture that lines the streets of St. Petersburg and Vyborg are so intricate and historic that they seem almost unapproachable. It is not until a...
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A fading past makes way for brighter future

Posted on July 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
A hunched elderly woman with lines criss-crossing her face wears a head scarf and a long checkered over-shirt. A teenage girl with large sunglasses, styled hair and a pink tank...
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A crash course in Russian bureaucracy

Posted on July 14, 2011 | 1 Comment
The seven of us stepped off the airplane through customs and into Moscow’s pristine marble and glass airport. Fifteen minutes later I discovered that it was not as modern as...
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