Today we Subbotniked. What, you ask, is a Subbotnik? Well, SnowSquare has an excellent description of the Russian (er, Soviet...) Subbotnik tradition, which you should read before you read what I have to say about Subbotniking (which is actually very little...)
We (the AH teachers and the Russian staff) all arrived at 10:00 this morning, and began to tackle the mountain of trash that was revealed in the back yard and on the hill (part of the city's ancient ramparts) behind the AH's back yard. By 1:00, all trash was gone, flowers were re-planted, and the yard was raked. (No, I didn't really understand the yard-raking.) I have no pics for you, although Alexei shot a bunch, so perhaps at some point I'll be able to share those with you.
After Subbotnik, we were all rewarded with excellent, fresh, homemade lentil soup.... yum.
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