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Exploring the Lower Depths
Author: Alexander Mozhayev
Translator: Nora Favorov
Russian Life: Mar/Apr 2007
Department: Features
Page: 38 ( 6) pages
Summary: Khitrovka is more than just a historic location in Old Moscow. The mere name evokes the seamier side of life in the capital around the turn of the last century. Yet seaminess does not quickly fade.
This article appeared in the Mar/Apr 2007 issue of Russian Life. The text of this article is not available online.
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