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Back in the mid-1990’s,
journalist Lisa Dickey traveled to
Russia in order to perfect her Russian language skills and ply her trade as a writer.
During her stay she trekked across the country from Vladivostok to St.
Petersburg, meeting people in the Russian hinterlands, chronicling their
personal stories, and making friends in eleven different cities, then coming
back again and again to see how their lives had changed over the course of the
next 20 years. In her new book Bears in the Streets: Three Journeys Across a Changing Russia she chronicles her travels through Russia over
the years and traces the ups and downs of ordinary people’s lives, in the
process painting a deeply nuanced portrait of modern Russia. Lisa joins me
today on the show to talk all about the book and the dramatic changes going on
in Russia from technology to social norms, and how the Russians really feel
about Vladimir Putin.
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