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SETTING: Odessa, Ukraine, 2008/2009 ( Read more... )

I have two characters, both male. Both between 40-45. One is the son of diplomats. Traveled and educated all over the world. The other is a former Russian soldier. Ukrainian by birth (if it mattered under the soviets ( Read more... )

I know that the area around Chernobyl has become a thriving wildlife refuge. Inevitably, this means that there are also poachers who come to kill the wildlife, especially the wild horses. Does anyone have any idea how the poachers get in and out of the zone ( Read more... )

This community is as much fun as a barrel of monkeys! I have been looking for something like this forever. I have done some research into this- some Google, some Wikipedia, some JSTOR, some library books. It hasn't been particularly helpful. The next logical step is to interview old people, which I will attempt to do. But first- you guys ( Read more... )

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Time: Present day

My MC is an American fluent in Russian. Probably not native fluency but best described as near native, advance-level able to communicate easily in most situations.

The MC is in a meeting with a Russian businessman and his employee. The Russian knows the American speaks Russian, so he then switches to another language to speak to ( Read more... )

The city Prypiat, basically a stone's throw from the Chernobyl site, will be a ghost town for the next few centuries. It is unsafe except for "the briefest of visits," as every website on teh internets will tell you. But I'm look for specifics ( Read more... )

Hi, I have three questions that are not really related at all. Thanks ( Read more... )

This is a rather specific question that I'm not sure can be answered unless I'm extremely lucky. My question is: How long would it take to travel by train from Kovel', Ukrain to Lublin, Poland?
And along those lines, what do the interiors of trains look like?

EDIT: Thanks for the quick info.