Ukrainian defector Victor Kravchenko stood up to Joseph Stalin. Can Victor’s son keep his dad’s message of freedom alive?
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Edited by David Rowell
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The Voyagers
How do you escape Joseph Stalin? In June 1945, Soviet naval mechanic Valeri Minakov slipped away from the coast of Siberia in a small, homemade walrus-skinned boat, intent on reaching Alaska. He suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. His six-year-old son, Oleg, was sitting in the bow.
The Atavist
Edited by Jonah Ogles
The Price of Gold
What happens when your neighborhood is demolished to make way for the Olympic Games? A visit to Vila Autodromo, a favela in Rio de Janeiro.
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell
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Sh*thole World Tour
A deep dive into the culture and magic and pain of three countries that Trump maligned with an obscenity–Haiti, El Salvador, and Liberia.
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell
Taking Aim On The New Cold War
A backcountry ski journey through the minus 30 degree chill of the Arctic, in the company of nine U.S. military men training to face down Vladimir Putin’s Russian warriors.
Ski
Edited by Sam Berman. Photo by Heath Sandall.
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Refugee Runner
Yiech Pur Biel was born amid a civil war in South Sudan. Soldiers burned down his village, his parents left him, he grew up in a refugee camp. Now he’s readying to compete in the Olympics.
ESPN
Edited by Vic Seper. Photographs by Georgina Goodwin.
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Refugees, Inc.
Two Norwegian brothers are cashing in on the refugee crisis.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Edited by Brad Wieners. Photos by Espen Rasmussen.
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The Hero’s March
Searching for the ghost of Russian novelist Mikhail Lermontov (1814-41) in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia.
The Washington Post Magazine
Edited by David Rowell. Photographs by Oleg Gritskevich.
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Letter from Abkhazia
A journey through a Russian client state on the Black Sea.
Harper’s Magazine
Edited by Christopher Cox. Photographs by mirzOyan.
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