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I flew to Vladivostok for 50 hours. I'll tell you about the cultural makeup of the city, how KHL players survive their road trips, and my beef with Russian Harry Potter.

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Gillian Kemmerer
Jan 01, 2022
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Training ship “Nadezhda” in the port of Vladivostok.

I am not sure how this is possible, but Vladivostok is far away from everywhere.

It is the city I once saw on the curled edge of a map and thought, “Huh, I wonder what that’s like,” with no real intention of ever going there. Buzz Aldrin’s lunar landing seems more tenable.

To get to Vladivostok required …

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