The economical and social situation in many Central Asian countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States forces many people to go to Russia “for a better lot”: to earn money and support family and many relatives who retain at home….
I came to St Petersburg to work from my hometown Osh two years ago. For a long time I could not find employment, and I was forced to take any job just not to starve and pay my debts. In…
This summer and autumn, a new wave of discussion about the Roma people arose in Europe. This time it is about France where the government decided to deport thousands of Roma, Bulgarian and Romanian citizens.
Have you ever been placed in the position of the Roma? Because of my appearance, I have.
Glafira Frolenkova is a 6th year student of the Sholokhov Moscow State University for the Humanities and a scholarship holder of the Roma Education Fund.
The presentation of the bilingual book «Gipsy fairy tales» in Romani and Russian languages and audio book on СD (read by the author) by Alexander Klein, took place in St. Petersburg House of Nationalities on April, 5th, 2010.
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