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Natasha Beskhlebnaya

Natasha Beskhlebnaya graduated from the Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow. After writing a screenplay for a documentary about her home town, she embarked on a career as a screenwriter and has worked on travel documentaries across Russia and beyond. She believes that any innovation contains the history of a country, especially such a grandiose undertaking as the Russian Railroad.

The Tiny Oasis
Russian Life: Nov/Dec 2012
Not far from the middle of Moscow, there is a diminutive church with a distinctive legend at the heart of its history. We went for a visit.
Author: Natasha Beskhlebnaya
Translator: Paul E. Richardson
Illustrations/Images: Natasha Beskhlebnaya
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The Heart of the Trans-Siberian
Russian Life: Nov/Dec 2011
It was the last, most difficult part of the Trans-Siberian to build – a 90 km stretch of railway bending around Lake Baikal’s southern coast. To this day it preserves the ethos of its age and is the symbolic heart of the 9,289 kilometer rail line.
Author: Natasha Beskhlebnaya
Translator: Paul E. Richardson
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Black Sea Mystery
Russian Life: Mar/Apr 2011
Legend has it that a British frigate which sunk off Balaclava during a freak storm was loaded down with millions in gold for troops fighting in the Crimean War. The hunt for the mysterious treasure spanned more than a century, and gave birth to a venerated institution.
Author: Natasha Beskhlebnaya
Translator: Paul E. Richardson
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An Unfortunate Misunderstanding
Russian Life: Nov/Dec 2010
If the boyars of Serpukhov had not been so intransigent, history would have been much different for the town of Podolsk. As it turned out, the little town was forever transformed by a chance visit by American entrepreneurs.
Author: Natasha Beskhlebnaya
Translator: Nina Shevchuk-Murray
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Lighthouse Master
Russian Life: Nov/Dec 2009
Where we visit a craggy outpost in the White Sea, meet a colorful lighthouse keeper and get a taste of real solitude and self-reliance.
Author: Natasha Beskhlebnaya
Translator: Susanna Nazarova
Illustrations/Images: Natasha Beskhlebnaya
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Sleeping on Graveyards
Russian Life: May/June 2007
The Khakass are one of Russia's most ethnically complex nationalities. Their numbers are dwindling in the distant province that surrounds the headwaters of the mighty Yenisey river.
Author: Natasha Beskhlebnaya
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