Aleksandr Petrosyan, the invisible hero of today's story, is the chronicler of these colorful people. He lives in Saint Petersburg (Peter, as the locals call it), Russia's second-biggest city, and has accumulated quite an impressive archive of the city's unique people.

Aleksandr Petrosyan, the invisible hero of today's story, is the chronicler of these colorful people. He lives in Saint Petersburg (Peter, as the locals call it), Russia's second-biggest city, and has...

Meet Stepan, a domesticated bear who lives with his humans Svetlana and Yuriy Panteleenko in Moscow, Russia. The Panteleenkos adopted Stepan when he was just a 3-month-old orphaned cub. He was found by hunters in a forest all alone and in...

Meet Stepan, a domesticated bear who lives with his humans Svetlana and Yuriy Panteleenko in Moscow, Russia. The Panteleenkos adopted Stepan when he was just a 3-month-old orphaned cub. He was...

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