And since I am reminding myself of the realities of life for many here, there has to be mention of the everyday glory that is the Moscow traffic jam.
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- Kvartira 44
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- Theory and Practice (Russian only)
- Buro Nahodok design shop
- Design Boom design shop
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- Enjoy your cooking (russian food recipes)
- Russian Foods (shopping site)
- After the Soviets
- Real USSR - lifting the Iron Curtain
- The Master & Magarita book project
- Communal Living in Russia: a virtual museum of Soviet everyday life
- Russian utopias (museum of paper architecture)
- Seventeen Moments in Soviet History
- A Journey through Slavic Culture (blog)
- Backstage in Moscow: confessions of a Russian ballet dancer
- Updates from Chater and Toohey
- Phoebe's walks: exploring the Moscow area
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