In the immediate post-Soviet era, a typical street-corner lot of private vendors.

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In the immediate post-Soviet era, a typical street-corner lot of private vendors.

Russian Far East:

Major seaport Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (53.024075N, 158.643566E), Kamchatka Peninsula, near Pacific Ocean

Khabarovsk (48.480223N, 135.071917E)

Magadan (59.568164N, 150.808541E)

July & August 1995