As The East Is From The West

As The East Is From The West http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html Various photos throughout the month of December. Sunset through a fence http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#0 ba3ff691-1944-42ea-8bc8-e56fe9bf7a66 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_2234/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_2234/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">After dinner walk</p></div></div> Belaruskaya Station http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#2 fd1a3324-c1cf-4a8d-97fa-4076f3005780 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9709/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9709/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">LED lights<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">This was taken on Tverskaya Street, so these lights probably have nothing to do with the holidays approaching and more to do with making Tverskaya look expensive.</p></div></div> Streetlight On Tverskaya Ulitsa http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#6 5646480d-5de0-42ab-889a-66ee9f92ad1c http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9735/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9735/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Backlit clouds</p></div></div> Sunset over Tverskaya http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#8 ca68b07f-2a78-461f-8930-85fb509cbb76 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_2237/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_2237/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Shoppers</p></div></div> More shoppers still in the Pushkin Square underpass http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#12 2d94c623-9392-44da-a716-e0ee24b30833 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9749/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9749/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">More shoppers<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">still in the Pushkin Square underpass</p></div></div> Yuri Longarms reaching out toward the reflection of this Christmas tree http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#13 6b9f8b1b-4789-490c-a989-05562e9b5740 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_2241/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_2241/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">CDs</p></div></div> Cheburashka This cute, furry character with the big ears is basically the Soviet Mickey Mouse http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#15 87631076-671e-4088-919a-fdb25756f32c http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_2251/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_2251/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Cheburashka<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">This cute, furry character with the big ears is basically the Soviet Mickey Mouse</p></div></div> Christmas comes to the Kremlin http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#16 758e4973-919e-462d-a5d6-618caa787c7d http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9773/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9773/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Christmas comes to the Kremlin</p></div></div> Oxotnui Ryad http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#17 5f8391f2-aaa4-4055-88a6-1efb6ee2975b http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9776/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9776/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Peace sells<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">This mannequin is half human, half peace sign, and looks better in a Santa hat and garland than most centaurs I know</p></div></div> Juxtaposition On the right of those columns is an art exhibit, “Solzhenitsyn and his times in photographs,” on the left: fur coats. Lots and lots of fur coats. http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#20 5c1097bb-e325-4a82-80e9-4e812193068e http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9780/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9780/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Juxtaposition<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">On the right of those columns is an art exhibit, “Solzhenitsyn and his times in photographs,” on the left: fur coats. Lots and lots of fur coats.</p></div></div> The coats http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#21 a6327c0e-0d51-4386-a960-f0c2c0134dd1 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9779/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9779/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Wide sidewalk<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">This is something my neighborhood could use more of: large sidewalks set away from the street like this</p></div></div> New roof This is turning into the new roof on my building. It’s also turning into lots of pounding sounds early in the morning. http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#26 de3fb846-ccad-4f6d-95c6-d33866c0f52f http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9803/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9803/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">New roof<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">This is turning into the new roof on my building. It’s also turning into lots of pounding sounds early in the morning.</p></div></div> Red Bull setup http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#27 a8ae9794-adbc-4775-8ab2-f706d826379a http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9839/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9839/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Renee with a balalaika<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Taken during my favorite class, Russian Songs.</p></div></div> Leftover snow After Red Bull left, we had a heap of snow left in front of our dorm. http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#35 33906cdb-86ec-4f80-817d-2d0359f7cffa http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9878/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9878/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Leftover snow<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">After Red Bull left, we had a heap of snow left in front of our dorm.</p></div></div> Presentation Every year the Russian as a Foreign Language department has students read and write papers on a theme. I didn’t participate, but I did listen. http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#36 dd2c698b-82f3-417e-b465-80c0f68e1033 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9881/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9881/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Presentation<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Every year the Russian as a Foreign Language department has students read and write papers on a theme. I didn’t participate, but I did listen.</p></div></div> Winnie the Pooh Stuck in balloon form at Komsomolskaya Metro Station http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#37 ac3df11f-6960-4037-9aec-7265f695a5ff http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9885/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9885/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Our snow<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">This is probably the only snowbank in the city right now. It’s stuck around for a while. Sometimes I see it and almost think it’s spring.</p></div></div> Sliding door, removed There was an automatic door here (dorm entrance). On all but the windiest days it was left permanently open, but I guess someone decided it looked too fancy for us and put in swinging doors instead http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#41 a7b8dd24-489f-4526-afc3-c9eaf0b7da49 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9927/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9927/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Sliding door, removed<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">There was an automatic door here (dorm entrance). On all but the windiest days it was left permanently open, but I guess someone decided it looked too fancy for us and put in swinging doors instead</p></div></div> Construction site http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#42 b84dc0a2-134a-4353-81f7-afc9aa105c92 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9938/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9938/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Cabbages and pickles<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">This gives you a good picture of Russian cuisine</p></div></div> Ashan bird Ashan is kind of like a Russian Walmart, but I don’t think they have the evil corporate reputation. http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#46 8d71f1b9-4764-4424-89da-2219d5daa064 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9968/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_9968/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Phonetics test<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Our test for phonetics was an individual speaking evaluation and so we spent most of the class playing the dot game. Nothing like finals at Knox, or Larkin for that matter.</p></div></div> Solfeg, in Russian http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#54 5875c8c5-d25e-4247-b511-8f0b3ad8378e http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_0025/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_0025/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">End-of-term performance<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">The drama class performed a play and our class sang a few songs to wrap up the semester.</p></div></div> Reception After the aforementioned performance, we all went to the cafeteria for treats. http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#56 440f462d-7092-44fa-81f1-f300ffdf54c0 http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_0032/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_0032/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Reception<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">After the aforementioned performance, we all went to the cafeteria for treats.</p></div></div> Russian songs After our tea and pastries, we sang songs. http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December.html#57 f26743a9-1874-4e2a-b115-f8780985059e http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_0035/thumb.jpg http://www.m-y-r-a.com/Photos/Pages/December_files/Media/IMG_0035/micro.jpg

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