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Uzbek Vegetable Seller

Uzbek Vegetable Seller

He sells a Russian speciality – pickled vegetables – at an outdoor market near a metro station in Moscow. He said he was one of seven children born in  western Uzbekistan, an arid region with few jobs. ”I am the youngest,” adding that he was in his early 30s and divorced. He said that one brother died recently in a car accident back at home. Another brother recently returned to Uzbekistan, so he is the only one from his family in Moscow now, perhaps explaining why he works seven days a week. He said he took off on New Year’s day – Russia’s biggest holiday – only because the market was closed. I asked the last time he had a day off aside from New Year. ”I don’t remember. I don’t want to take time off. I need the money.”

 

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