Militaristic ideas and gender stereotypes can dominate one’s early life in Russia — as public holidays in honour of the country’s military and women show. Русский
Children look out from the window of a kindergarten in Kaliningrad, Russia. (c) Igor Zarembo / RIA Novosti. All rights reserved.
“Mummy, do you know that all the daddies went to the war and they all got killed?” my four-year old daughter Olya asks me.
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