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Survival lessons of the Baikal-Amur Mainline's residents

Maria Ionova-Gribina
special to RBTH
The entire railway is a monument to man’s forgotten war with nature, which was played out long ago. They were building an industrial future, which momentarily turned into the past. The BAM recalls some kind of physical abnormality, totally devoid of the present.

The entire railway is a monument to man’s forgotten war with nature, which was played out long ago. They were building an industrial future, which momentarily turned into the past. The BAM recalls some kind of physical abnormality, totally devoid of the present.

Maria Ionova-Gribina
Residents of various settlements on the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) tell how they fight for survival in the face of a complete lack of normal medicine.

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