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A truly memorable evening in the forest near Uva, Russia. We strolled at sunset with the Buranovo Babushkas, an eld-
erly singing group who made Russia proud by finishing as runner-up in the Eurovision international music competition.
Many of these women lost their husbands years ago and have turned to music (and to each other) for companionship.
Viktor Kalashnikov, at a museum in Izhevsk that honors the legacy of his father, Mikhail, who invented a killing ma-
chine, the AK-47. Viktor said his dad thought a lot about the stunning number of deaths his invention caused but be-
lieved that “the constructor is not guilty in that—politicians are.”
I spent a lot of time quietly looking out the train window, often seeing villages like this breeze past. Many of these com-
munities are isolated and impoverished, with aging populations. I would imagine families inside those homes cooking
over wood on an evening like this, struggling to get by.
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