This is the tenth in a series about a journey, by train and bicycle, across Russia to Crimea shortly before the war began. After my visit in Novocherkassk (in southern Russia) to the Ataman Palace, I ate lunch in an open air restaurant—it cost about $6 and was the best meal of the trip—and set More

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