Children play on a beaten Lada outside derelict factory in Tuva

Children play on a beaten Lada car in front of an abandoned factory in Kyzyl, capital of Tuva Republic, southern Siberia, Russia. The factory used to process grain during Soviet times. Cut off from air and train traffic, this is one of Russia's poor regions.

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Children play on a beaten Lada car in front of an abandoned factory in Kyzyl, capital of Tuva Republic, southern Siberia, Russia. The factory used to process grain during Soviet times. Cut off from air and train traffic, this is one of Russia's poor regions.