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Magdalena Pieta

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Planet Kirsan

Planeta Kirsan

Magdalena Pieta

In the tiny ex-Soviet state of Kalmykia, President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has decreed chess to be the root of all things and has made it a compulsory subject in schools. A surreally disturbing picture of tin-pot authority in action.

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