Russia 2008

Photos by Adam Jones

These photos were taken on a month-long trip to Russia in May-June 2008.


Gallery 15: Tomsk

Fifteen hours northeast of Omsk by train is the delightful university city
of Tomsk, known as the "Oxford of Siberia" for its vibrant student life.


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II.

Another example of how the Soviet-era, red-star iconography is working
its way back into Russian public life; these public buntings were part of the annual
World War Two victory celebrations. (And the war itself, as previous galleries make clear, is
being quite consciously deployed as a unifying theme under the "unifying" authoritarian hand of
Putin and his clique, including the current president, Dimitri Medvedev.)

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III.

Cheap beer from a public wagon, another holdover from Soviet times.

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IV.

Tomsk, like Omsk, was a regular destination of political exiles, commemorated
here in a poster for a museum exhibition.

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V.

For some reason, it was a popular day for weddings, and this pair was exploiting
the theme for advertising purposes.

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VI.

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VII.

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VIII.

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IX.

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All photos copyright 2008 by Adam Jones, unless otherwise indicated. These images may be freely used for educational and other non-commercial purposes, if the author is credited and notified. For commercial use, please contact the author.

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