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.
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.
Resistance to any form of discrimination, fascism or racism becomes more important after recent nationalist actions in a few Russian cities and surge of xenophobia.
A Cultural Survey The Gypsies of the City on the Neva
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