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Andrey and Masha maintain the "Moscow Life" section which provides a monthly series on life with their family and community. If any one section can be considered the real heart of Friends and Partners, this is it!

This is part of the F&P Bulletin Board for discussion of various US/Russia/NIS issues and is provided for general discussion of the differences (and similarities) in our lifestyles, families, cultures, traditions . . Please come and participate in a discussion - or start a new one.

"A tribute to Russian artists - magazine illustrators - of the so called Silver Age (outstanding epoch in Russian arts and literature that enlightened the beginning of XXth century).A collection of animated silhouettes based on illustrations from the most popular magazines of last years of Russian Empire - "Niva" and "Vsemirnaya Illustraciya". Background music themes correspond to tunes traditionally performed at winter fairs of those times." One of the most nicely done multi-media presentations we've seen on the 'Net!