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Donald MacLeod visited Russia and recorded a series of audio postcards about some Russian 'icons'.

View pictures taken during Donald Macleod's visit to Russia.

Dacha
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"A perfect Russian scene - a group of little wooden houses nestling under the snow..."

Moscow Metro
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"The very first stations were decorated with marble and some semi-precious stones..."

Mushrooms
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"It's some kind of national sport - every Russian likes to pick mushrooms..."

Kremlin Bell
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"A sound that transports you instantly to Russia..."

Samovar
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"Drinking tea involves the whole family..."

Food in a Russian Market
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"Vodka, caviar, blini, borscht, lashings of sour cream..."

Icon
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"One has the impression of standing in front of a kind of time tunnel..."

Dolls
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"The kitsch brightly painted matryoshka doll..."

Banya
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"The Romans had their hypocausts, the Finns have their saunas and the Russians the Banya..."

Vodka
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"The very word is a diminutive of that liquid indispensable to life itself...water"

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