Update -- Return from Russia, see Russia Road Ways.
1. Many ethnic groups there, obviously, but difficult to get any information with the language difficulty and restrictions of a small tour -- and the bus. Access available to Roma for us was only through taxi drivers: courteous, helpful, would set the record straight about the services available in the spotless tourist districts not given where they live. That is also true at home.
Absolutely no way to determine ethnicity of anyone. These photos of someone begging are just to show universality of the condition, and the humane response it sometimes gets.
Poverty: No way to know who we are seeing in that condition. Read Anthony Marra's Tsar of Love and Techno, for Russian poverty, span of years, also human inspiration. Review at http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/08/books/review-anthony-marras-the-tsar-of-love-and-techno-stories-of-russia.html?_r=0
We were steered away from struggling areas, but saw transients, people begging, in the Metro. Again, no way to tell who they were, many appeared to be veterans, amputees. Tourist areas are kept clear.
Police: seen in pairs. Did not see a lone patroller.
2. Am exploring a timeline site for Roma: go to http://www.timelinesdb.com/listevents.php?subjid=562&title=Gypsies and search for Russia or other topic-- regret the use of the name. There is only a 2006 entry on violence in Russia, but this site has not been used much. Find the Index at http://www.timelinesdb.com/listsubjects.php?letter=G
3. Useful search: try Moscow Commission on Gypsies (since that was the word used in the timeline) and find several sources. Try St. Petersburg Russia Commission on Gypsies (add that Russia to avoid going to Florida) and see an article warning tourists against gypsy cabs. Not so.
Metro. Built by Stalin as the People's Palace. See the Russia Road Ways site
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Travel to Russia. I am going to Moscow and St. Petersburg shortly, and ask for recommended Roma places, artists, culture focal points. Roma resources needed. People, history, phonetic language assistance.
Resources so far include the European Roma Rights Centre at http://www.errc.org/article/roma-in-russia/1399d, and articles, University of Victoria, Holocaust, Re-Remembering Porraimos, at http://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/6268/; also The Roma and Russian Literature at Russia Beyond the Headlines at http://rbth.com/arts/2015/04/08/the_roma_and_russian_literature_centuries_of_association_45045.html;
1. Many ethnic groups there, obviously, but difficult to get any information with the language difficulty and restrictions of a small tour -- and the bus. Access available to Roma for us was only through taxi drivers: courteous, helpful, would set the record straight about the services available in the spotless tourist districts not given where they live. That is also true at home.
Absolutely no way to determine ethnicity of anyone. These photos of someone begging are just to show universality of the condition, and the humane response it sometimes gets.
Poverty: No way to know who we are seeing in that condition. Read Anthony Marra's Tsar of Love and Techno, for Russian poverty, span of years, also human inspiration. Review at http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/08/books/review-anthony-marras-the-tsar-of-love-and-techno-stories-of-russia.html?_r=0
We were steered away from struggling areas, but saw transients, people begging, in the Metro. Again, no way to tell who they were, many appeared to be veterans, amputees. Tourist areas are kept clear.
Moscow Metro, as here, hat out for change. Got it.Police: seen in pairs. Did not see a lone patroller.
Moscow Metro, police patrolling, as here2. Am exploring a timeline site for Roma: go to http://www.timelinesdb.com/listevents.php?subjid=562&title=Gypsies and search for Russia or other topic-- regret the use of the name. There is only a 2006 entry on violence in Russia, but this site has not been used much. Find the Index at http://www.timelinesdb.com/listsubjects.php?letter=G
3. Useful search: try Moscow Commission on Gypsies (since that was the word used in the timeline) and find several sources. Try St. Petersburg Russia Commission on Gypsies (add that Russia to avoid going to Florida) and see an article warning tourists against gypsy cabs. Not so.
Moscow Metro. People in need, see archway. Some help out, some not as they pass. Metro. Built by Stalin as the People's Palace. See the Russia Road Ways site
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Travel to Russia. I am going to Moscow and St. Petersburg shortly, and ask for recommended Roma places, artists, culture focal points. Roma resources needed. People, history, phonetic language assistance.
Resources so far include the European Roma Rights Centre at http://www.errc.org/article/roma-in-russia/1399d, and articles, University of Victoria, Holocaust, Re-Remembering Porraimos, at http://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/6268/; also The Roma and Russian Literature at Russia Beyond the Headlines at http://rbth.com/arts/2015/04/08/the_roma_and_russian_literature_centuries_of_association_45045.html;
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