There’s such a contrast between what’s still the grimness and deprivation of so much of Russian life, and the populace’s literacy, interest in their own and European classical culture and general educational level. This is a beautiful and inspiring photograph that I’ve posted before. These are my Russians, ребята.
Still a thinking people:
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Me, I'm Nicholas Bakos, a.k.a. "NikoBako." I'm Greek (Roman really, but when I say that in English some five people in the world today understand what I'm talking about, so I use "Greek" for shorthand). I'm from New York. I live all over the place these days. The rest should become obvious from the blog.
See "JADDE: THE MISSION AND STARTING OFF, the blog's first entry below, and JADDE: THE NAME OF THIS BLOG for my general agenda:
Please contact me with comments, questions, complaints or -- please -- corrections at: nikobakos@gmail.com and on Twitter: @jaddeyekabir
Jadde: from Bosnia to Bengal
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