Stories written by Irina Sedunova

How one woman turned her nostalgia into a business

In the Soviet Union, there were no businesses, much less businesswomen. Inna Mikhailov worked as a librarian and lived a simple life in Ukraine before the USSR collapsed in 1991. But with her country’s newfound independence came a lack of security for Mikhailov and her family. Eventually, they made the difficult decision to leave. Four months [...]

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