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December 2016 issue
by Rafal Milach
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Over a period of several years, Polish photographer Rafal Milach accompanied with his camera seven young people living in the Russian cities of Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Krasnoyarsk. In intimate pictures, he portrays a generation caught up between the mentality of the old Soviet regime and the up-and- coming Russia of the Putin era.
Russia, Yekaterinburg. Soviet symbol sickle and hammer with TV wires on the rooftop of a housing block.
Krasnoyarsk. Yenisey river.
Yezhova. I like Russia because it's unpredictable. You never know what is going to happen when you wake up in the morning - says Gala. They were born in USSR, grew up in the transition time of Perestroika and started their adult life in Putin's Russia.
Yekaterinburg. Gala with group of friends making barbecue on the roof of demolished hotel in the city center. They were born in USSR, grew up in the transition time of Perestroika and started their adult life in Putin's Russia.
Pervouralsk. One day, with Gala, I went to the industrial town of Pervouralsk. We were wandering in the Krushovka housing blocks district. It was cold and gray and than we found this ice rink full of light and people.
Yekaterinburg. Tanks on the outskirts of a housing block district where Gala used to live.
Moscow. My current occupation is doing nothing - says Denis (29). He is Lena's faltmate and friend from Kazakhstan. They were born in USSR, grew up in the transition time of Perestroika and started their adult life in Putin's Russia.
View form Lena's appartment. - I had a dream about Putin. It was a bright, warm feeling - says Lena.  She was born in Kazakhstan but has Russian roots and has been living and working in Moscow for 5 years.
Lena in subway.
Krasnoyarsk. What I like most in Russia is myself - says Stas. He is historian and works as a writer, journalist and PR manager.
Stas with his brother Maxim.
Stas' wife Lera.
Krasnoyarsk. Limousines in the city center.
Krasnoyarsk. Man setting a fire.
Yekaterinburg. Vasya at the backstage of night club.  I remember the day when Yeltzin attacked the white house. I was 13 and sewed the shirts for assignment - says Vasya. His life is divided between family and work. He is father of 5 year old Tonya and works as a drag queen, stylist and make-up artist.
Novosibirsk. Sasha and Nastya in Obsk Sea. The only way to die is together- say Sasha and Nastya. The are both freelance internet administrators. They were born in USSR, grew up in the transition time of Perestroika and started their adult life in Putin's Russia.
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