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Post-Soviet youth: a quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a post-Soviet generation is coming of age in the New East

A quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a post-Soviet generation is coming of age in the new east. From Ukraine to Poland, Russia to rural Latvia, the teenagers are looking towards the future. But does the past still linger?

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Things fall apart: Skateboarding in the ruins of Georgia's communist past

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Girls and boys: Searching for the spirit of youth on the streets of Belarus

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90s kid: I grew up in provincial Poland just after socialism ended. Here's what it was like

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How to be a man: A new generation of artists is rethinking the meaning of masculinity in Russia

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In between days: Coming of age in rural Latvia

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Teens of Transnistria: How does it feel to grow up in a country shunned by the rest of the world?

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Up in the air: Ukraine’s youth look for meaning in a world that's stopped making sense

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