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Isolated Western Colony Flourishes in Leningrad Post
Diplomats describe Leningrad as a highly isolated posting with fewer than 250 Western residents among 4.5 million people. The Western community, mainly students and diplomats, enjoys easier social access, cheaper living space, and quicker cultural contact than Moscow, with consulates and relaxed housing compared with the capital.
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Thomas Kent
Associated Press
Leningrad
U.S.S.R
Leningra
Peter the Great
Russia
Soviet Union
United States
Gulf of Finland
Finland
Moscow
Nevsky Prospekt
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