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Sonya: Violin Player

Sonya: Violin Player

Sonya was among a group of girls that sung at the opening of Moscow's largest mall. She said she also plays the violin, something she has been doing since the age of seven. Sonya said she initially wasn't interested in the violin, but her grandmother insisted. Now she enjoys it. 

Vladimir: Old-Fashioned Police Officer

Vladimir: Old-Fashioned Police Officer

Vladimir Ivanovich stands by the Kolomna Kremlin in Moscow region dressed in an old fashion Russian police uniform. He is as much a tourist attraction as he is a city worker. Before becoming a guard by the Kremlin, he said he was a senior engineer and traveled occasionally with work. Like tens of thousands of other engineers, he said the economic turmoil of the 1990s forced him out of his job. 

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