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Exploring history, culture, social dynamics, and geopolitics—primarily Russian, but with a global perspective. Hello, I’m Elvira Bary, an author born in Soviet Russia (USSR). Visit my website at www.elvirabary.com to learn more about me, my books, and the Sphinx Method, a unique tool I created to help understand both others and oneself.

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