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"Faded Tulips"
During the soviet era, most of the electric bulbs of the USSR where made in Maliuu Suu factory, south of Kyrgyzstan, which was the biggest in all USSR and one of the pride of the country. Today, only one third of the factory is still working and many…
MOLDOVA - THE OUTSIDERS
The kitchen table in a farmhouse is set for dinner in the village of Chobruchi, Moldova on 18 April 2009.
MOLDOVA - THE OUTSIDERS
A student girl acts as master of ceremonies for the graduation ceremony of the Gymnasia-Internat Number 2 boarding school in Chisinau, Moldova on 29 May 2009. The facility has not been reformed since Soviet times.
MOLDOVA - THE OUTSIDERS
Children clean up after lunch in the cafeteria of the Gymnasia-Internat Number 2 boarding school and orphanage in Chisinau, Moldova on 28 May 2009. The school has over 500 children living on the campus. Around 80% are social orphans -- children whose…
MOLDOVA - THE OUTSIDERS
Two officers wearing the uniform of the Ministry of State Security (the Transnistrian KGB) stand in the middle of a crowd of military officers taking part in a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Tiraspol from Nazi occupation…
MOLDOVA - THE OUTSIDERS
A patient suffering from a cataract has his eyes examined at the Republic Hospital in Tiraspol, Moldova on 15 April 2009. Hospitals across the country have been slow to reform their aging Soviet era practices. High incidence of HIV and TB can be…
MOLDOVA - THE OUTSIDERS
A hair stylist lifts a curtain revealing stored wigs inside a dressing room in the Tiraspol Theater in Tiraspol, Moldova on 11 April 2009.
MOLDOVA - THE OUTSIDERS
A worker inside a wlanut packing factory pauses in Chisinau, Moldova on 27 May 2009.