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These bronze figures of cartoon characters are the trademark of the City of Ramenskoye. Since these "classic Soviet" cartoons are part of the mental set of a typical Russian - archetypes of a sort - and since the guest I anticipate is looking for a perspective from the inside, I decided to dedicate a whole page to these..

  [WRITE ABOUT EACH CHARACTER AND ITS PLACE IN THE MODERN RUSSIAN MIND]  
 

   
     
     
       
     
     
     
       
 

Special thanks to Uncle Pasha for his generous help translating and putting into presentable form these materials.  Check out his sites

Accommodation in Moscow: www.cheap-moscow.com
Travelling between Moscow & St. Petersburg: www.staritsa.info
Kaluga region towns & villages: www.kalugaregion.net
Horseback rides and trips: www.russian-horse-rides.com & www.staritsa.info/staritsa.htm
A list of private English-speaking drivers: www.moscowdrivers.net
"Serious" business services: www.oldmanfriday.com

 

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