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Hitchhiking Through Leningrad Era Moscow Roads
DUSKO DODER recounts a 600 mile Soviet hitchhiking journey to the Finnish border with diverse riders including three soldiers a student two grandmothers and a teacher. He notes routine checks by GAI officials in glass towers and the long wait for personal car ownership while reflecting on Armenian and Leningrad perspectives and lunar ambitions.
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Dusko Doder
Leningrad
UPI
Moscow
Russia
Novgorod
GAI
State Highway Control Police
Soviet Foreign Ministry
GAIL
America
Yerivan
Soviet Union
Viborg
Finland
Kirov Boulevard
Leningrad University
Komsomol
Young Communist League