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Living the Ex-Pat Life in Moscow at the End of the Soviet Empire

By Simon MorrisonLithub.com

Russia (Rossiya) has never been called Russia, not officially. It’s been the Tsardom of Russia, Imperial Russia, Soviet Russia, and the Russian Federation but never just Russia. That place doesn’t exist, except in the imagination, in a dreamscape of crime

Russia (Rossiya) has never been called Russia, not officially. Its been the Tsardom of Russia, Imperial Russia, Soviet Russia, and the Russian Federation but never just Russia. That place doesnt exis…