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Brickbat

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7. I studied in Krasnodar many years ago.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 12:15 PM

Nov 2012

We did a lot of work regarding Cossack culture. There was a resurgence of Cossack pride that was just beginning when I was there. Why authorities feel the need to hand off beating drunks and terrorizing old ladies selling mushrooms to Cossacks is beyond me; there are plenty of uniformed thugs who are happy to do it. Maybe it's because the Cossacks will do it for a bus pass and nothing more.

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