https://zacharytracer.com/writing/2019-10-19T17:34:20+00:00weekly0.6https://zacharytracer.com/photography/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/gunc.jpggUNCGerald Henderson goes up for a shot against North Carolina's Deon Thompson.https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/lenmuseum.jpglenmuseumVisitors to the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad in St. Petersburg, Russia on June 21, 2009, the 68th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the USSR.https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bell.jpgbellDurham Mayor Bill Bell greets a supporter after his election victory Nov. 6, 2007.https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/carson.jpgcarsonA man signs a memorial for UNC-Chapel Hill Student Body President Eve Carson, who was slain in the early morning of March 5, 2008.https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/carson2.jpgcarson2UNC students participate in a candlelight vigil for slain UNC-Chapel Hill Student Body President Eve Carson March 6, 2008.https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/obama.jpgobamaSen. Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally in Greensboro, N.C. Sept. 27, 2008.https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mccain.jpgmccainSen. John McCain speaks at a North Carolina campaign rally during the 2008 presidential election campaign.2011-03-02T22:42:33+00:00weekly0.6https://zacharytracer.com/2009/07/28/what-now/2009-07-28T04:30:31+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/07/15/news-and-observer-column-overlooks-big-problems-in-russian-healthcare-system/2009-07-20T16:17:48+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/07/11/kronstadt-chapel/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/kronstadtchapel.jpgkronstadtchapelThe Kronstadt Naval Cathedral stands behind a monument to Kronstadt's role in the uprisings of 1905-06 and 1917, and in the Russian Civil War.2009-07-11T11:34:27+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/07/11/the-grand-choral-synagogue/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mg_2736.jpg_MG_2736The Grand Choral Synagogue2009-07-13T18:14:17+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/07/08/new-york-times-on-russian-racism/2009-07-10T22:10:55+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/07/10/us-will-work-with-russia-to-investigate-journalists-moscow-murder/2009-07-10T22:09:17+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/07/07/racism-in-russia/2010-03-22T14:57:21+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/07/06/understanding-todays-russia/2009-07-07T18:41:32+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/07/05/island-adventure-delayed/2009-07-05T13:04:27+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/07/04/on-independence-days/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/russiaday.jpgRussiaDayA concert in Palace Square for Russia Day.2009-07-05T12:59:01+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/07/04/tomorrow-kronstadt/2009-07-04T14:58:09+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/07/02/piskaryovskoye-memorial-cemetery/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mg_2607.jpg_MG_2607There are 186 mass graves in the cemetery.https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mg_2471.jpg_MG_2471Looking in from the entrance to Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.2009-07-04T14:03:14+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/06/28/a-visit-to-the-monument-to-the-heroic-defenders-of-leningrad/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/monu_32.jpgMonu_32The museum beneath the monument.https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/monu_27.jpgMonu_27The center of the monument.https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/monu_21.jpgMonu_21Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad2010-07-04T01:08:24+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/06/23/off-to-moscow/2009-06-23T17:27:52+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/06/23/the-st-petersburg-palace-of-soviets/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/monu_05.jpgMonu_05Lenin stands before the Palace of Soviets in St. Petersburg.2009-06-23T14:35:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/06/23/a-russian-perspective-on-the-iranian-election/2009-06-23T14:10:16+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/06/20/photos-boat-trip-down-the-neva/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/boatride_11.jpgBoatRide_11The Cruiser Aurora next to billboards on the Neva.2009-06-22T05:59:27+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/06/17/finals-time/2009-06-18T08:21:13+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/06/14/photos-churches-and-monasteries-around-vologda/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/vologda_17.jpgVologda_17A monastery about 130 kilometers north of the city of Vologda.2009-06-14T20:09:11+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/06/14/long-days-cold-showers/2009-06-16T01:06:28+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/06/13/irony-russian-style/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/aurora.jpgauroraThe Aurora2009-06-14T19:08:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/06/13/photos-scenes-around-vologda/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/vologda_16.jpgVologda_16A small town about 130km north of Vologda.2009-06-14T05:27:14+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/06/12/proletarian-lace/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/vologda_26.jpgVologda_26Victory to the USSR2009-06-12T12:00:01+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/06/12/the-overnight-train-to-vologda/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/vologda_34.jpgVologda_34A steel plant near Vologda.https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/vologda_02.jpgVologda_02A countryside scene on the way to Vologda.2009-06-12T11:28:09+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/06/05/so-what-the-heck-are-you-doing-over-there/2009-06-05T12:45:31+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/06/04/kirovs-apartment-and-the-perils-of-communism/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/bkirov_02.jpgbKirov_02Sergei Kirov's desk.2009-06-22T18:31:16+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/06/02/russian-prison-spokesman-allegedly-tortured-inmate-beat-himself/2009-06-02T16:21:46+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/06/02/suppressing-dissent-in-a-democracy/2009-06-02T15:44:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/31/why-dodge-the-russian-draft/2009-06-01T02:24:57+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/30/documents-please/2009-05-31T02:29:31+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/29/taste-test-red-caviar-lays/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lays.jpglaysRed Caviar Lays2009-05-29T13:16:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/28/russia-tries-to-control-interpretations-of-its-past/2009-05-28T19:26:37+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/28/photo-walking-a-dog/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bgulf_12.jpgbgulf_12A man walks his dog in a strip of grass adjacent to the Gulf of Finland.2009-05-28T15:29:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/26/the-saint-petersburg-mosque/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/mosque.jpgmosqueThe Saint Petersburg Mosque2010-05-07T13:47:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/25/the-american-embassy/2009-05-25T16:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/25/flying-a-kite-by-the-gulf/2009-05-25T04:17:40+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/17/museum-night-missiles-and-tanks/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/melen.jpgMe and LeninMe and Lenin. In Russia, people don't smile for pictures.https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/nightbest_16.jpgNightBest_16Me and Lenin. In Russia, people don't smile for pictures.https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/nightbest_08.jpganti-aircraft missile launcherI thought these anti-aircraft missile launchers only existed in video games.https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/nightbest_02.jpgT-80 TankPeople eat next to a Soviet T-80 tank.2009-05-24T14:56:22+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/24/photos-from-the-hermitage/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/hermb_01.jpgHermB_01The Winter Palace, also called The Hermitage, houses a huge number of pieces of Western art. In front of the palace is Palace Square, site of the 1905 Bloody Sunday Massacre.2009-05-24T14:48:57+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/23/a-curious-sign/2009-05-25T22:20:33+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/23/daniil-kharms-and-stalin-era-repression/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/kharms.jpgKharmsA small memorial plaque for Russian writer Daniil Kharms.2009-05-23T19:42:25+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/22/the-museum-of-erotica/2009-05-22T18:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/20/just-a-typical-day/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/chapel.jpgSmolny CathedralThe Smolny Cathedral stands behind our school building.2009-05-21T10:05:00+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/20/five-strange-things-at-the-supermarket/2009-05-21T09:54:31+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/19/drink-drank-drunk/2009-05-19T12:05:36+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/18/why-my-name-sucks-in-russian/2009-05-20T17:36:30+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/17/slideshow-artillery-museum/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/nightbest_10.jpgMissilesMissiles2009-05-18T17:09:23+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/16/gay-rights-parade-attacked-protesters-arrested-in-moscow/2009-05-16T14:21:02+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/16/the-state-memorial-museum-of-the-defense-and-blockade-of-leningrad/2009-07-29T23:27:46+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/14/traffic-lights-and-metro-doors/2009-05-14T17:25:20+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/13/potatoes-for-dinner/2009-05-13T17:30:31+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/13/slideshow-tsarskoye-selo/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/tourbest_07.jpgTourBest_07In Russia, things are often under repair, including the palaces.2009-05-13T04:07:50+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/12/smiling/2009-05-14T21:55:08+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/12/the-sixth-thing-russians-like/2009-05-12T04:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/11/city-tour/2009-05-11T13:46:26+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/10/five-things-russians-like/2009-05-12T03:24:35+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/10/black-coffee/2009-05-10T16:40:10+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/10/slideshow-first-days-in-petersburg/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ef80a1victdaybest_18.jpgVictDayBest_18The view from the steps of Primorskaya Metro, a block from our apartment.2009-05-10T17:54:15+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/10/victory-day/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ef80a1victdaybest_13.jpgVictDayBest_13War Memorialhttps://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ef80a1victdaybest_08.jpgVictDayBest_08The parade, from afar.https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ef80a1victdaybest_03.jpgVictDayBest_03The archway leading to the Victory Day celebration.2009-05-10T14:14:45+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/09/accomplishments/2009-05-09T21:45:32+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/09/arriving-in-russia/2009-05-12T04:13:25+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/08/stopping-in-finland-briefly/2009-05-08T06:18:41+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/07/the-journey-begins/https://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/graphicrev.jpgMy Dayhttps://zacharytracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/daygraphic.jpgdaygraphic2009-05-07T21:42:46+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.com/2009/05/06/preparing-for-a-trip/2009-05-07T19:51:01+00:00monthlyhttps://zacharytracer.comdaily1.02019-10-19T17:34:20+00:00