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Russia-NYC Series 39

Sergei, a university student from Tyumen in Siberia, was strolling along Old Arbat in his New York hat. Sergei said he studies oil and gas, Siberia's biggest industry, and was in Moscow on a short stopover before heading off to Europe for a vacation.
 

Russia-NYC Photo Series 7

Zhenya was wearing a NYC shirt while practicing extreme biking in a sport center in Krasnoyarsk, a Siberian city 2,000 miles (3,200km) from Moscow. Zhenya said he bought the shirt during a trip to NYC for a break dancing competition. He said he started breakdancing when he was in kindergarden and that it's now popular in his school. His school break dancing team has won a few championships in Russia, he said.

Russia-NYC Photo Series 3

A portrait of the young girl from the Russian Arctic peninsula of Yamal sporting her "I ❤️NY" winter hat.  

Russia-NYC Photo Series 2

These girls are Khanti, one of the native Siberian ethnic groups, and they live on Yamal peninsula, a slither of Russia on the Arctic circle that is the gas equivalent of Saudi Arabia. These girls were attending a local annual festival and were dressed in ethnic clothing...except for their hats. The one on the left is wearing a winter cap with the words: "I ❤️ NY."

Surgut: Siberian Oil Town

 

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Krasnoyarsk, Siberia

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