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Articles by Mesto47/Marina Dmukhovskaya

Encounters On and Off the Trans-Siberian Train

How do you approach a stranger on the streets? How do you ask to take a photograph without speaking the language?

On and Off the Trans-Siberian Train: The Taxi Driver

The Mesto47 team talks with a cab driver in Nizhny Novgorod about love, marriage and children.

On and Off the Trans-Siberian Train: The Pregnant Woman

A short tale about families, fortune-telling, and babies.

On and Off the Trans-Siberian Train: Teenagers

In Yekaterinburg, the team meets some teenagers who are lucky to have found each other.

On and Off the Trans-Siberian Train: The Sailor

Meet a young man in the Russian Navy who has a personal kind of patriotism.

On and Off the Trans-Siberian Train: The Communist

Meet Sergei, a committed communist party member in the Far East.

On and Off the Trans-Siberian Train: The Drag Racer

Sergei is in love with souped up cars, speed and winning.

On and Off the Trans-Siberian Train: The Dropouts

The Teachers for Russia program sends young people to teach in poor village schools.

On and Off the Trans-Siberian Train: The Mother

This week we meet a mother traveling to get aid for her son with a disability.

On and Off the Trans-Siberian Train: The Bootmaker

Burglaries, jail and life lessons from Misha in the Far East.

On and Off the Trans-Siberian Train: The Coin Collector

Meet a man with a pocketful of requests for coins in a dozen languages.

On and Off the Trans-Siberian: The Hitchhikers

The Mesto47 team meets up with two intrepid hitchhikers, Olya and Zhenya.

On and Off the Trans-Siberian Train: The Rapper

The Mesto47 team learn about hard lives and perseverance.

On and Off the Trans-Siberian Train: The Fortuneteller

Rimma may be old, but she still feels needed.

On and Off the Trans-Siberian Train: The Ex-Cop

An ex-cop in Siberia shares some stories and gives some good advice. When in doubt - run.

Mesto 47: On the Trans-Siberian Train Out of Khabarovsk

This week the Mesto47 team learns about the Far East from some miners.

Off and On the Trans-Siberian: The Lacemaker

Anna is "an old-fashioned girl" - proud of it and happy.

On and Off the Trans-Siberian: The General's Wife

This week the Mesto 47 team talks to a general's wife about love.

On and Off the Trans-Siberian: The Homeowners of Kazan

This week, hop of the train in Kazan and visit some local residents and their homes.

Tales from the Trans-Siberian: Irina, the Siberian Free-Climber

Off the train, a recognized Stolbist leads us into the mountains to learn about free climbing.

Tales from the Trans-Siberian: Vasily, the Putin Impersonator

A story told to Marina Dmukhovskaya and photographed by Georg Wallner for their project Mesto47.