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Published in: oDROutcasts — inmates of the Black EagleIn Stalin’s time there were nearly a hundred GULag camps in Ivdel. Today, the maximum security penal colony FBU-IK...
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Published in: oDRA Soldier's Tale 9: changed, but not utterly dehumanised
In his final letter home from the army our conscript Tolya “finds” a mobile phone, is pursued by a mad officer and...
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Published in: oDRA Soldier’s Tale 8: violence is no joke
Our conscript Tolya continues his study of violence in his airborne division of the Russian army
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Published in: oDRA Soldier’s Tale 7: Hopes dashed, business as usual!
Our conscript Tolya had such high hopes of his new posting in the elite regiment of the Russian airborne division,...
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Published in: oDRA Soldier's Tale 6: new beginnings? Perhaps!
Conscript Tolya has been moved again, this time to a show regiment. Life suddenly looks rather better, but is it for real?
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Published in: oDRA Soldier’s Tale (5): a new life? Not b… likely!
Our conscript, Tolya, has left basic training. He hopes that things will be different, but his hopes are soon dashed...
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Published in: oDRWinter Storm in TatarstanJobs are scarce, pension rises mediocre and the local authorities have even taken away the Christmas trees. But...
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Published in: oDRA soldier’s tale (3): hospital, then what?
In this third excerpt from his letters, our Russian conscript ends up in hospital, with time to reflect on what lies...
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Published in: oDRA soldier’s tale (2): trying to blend in
In this second letter home our new conscript Tolya is starting to settle in to his two-year stint in Russia’s army....
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Published in: oDRA soldier’s tale (1)
A new Russian army recruit writes home about life at a parachute regiment basic training camp
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Published in: oDRPanicking about swine flu in OrenburgThe region is gripped by swine flu panic, much of it orchestrated, in the opinion of Elena Strelnikova. But every...
