Sarah Blesener: Toy Soldiers

Over 200,000 youth are currently enrolled in clubs with 10,000 in Moscow. Each club functions independently with their own structures and philosophies. In 2015, a proposed program from the Russian government entitled the “Patriotic Education of Russian Citizens in 2016-2020” called for an eight percent increase in patriotic youth within...

Sarah Blesener: Borodino

Portraits of adolescents attending the Historical War Camp in Borodino, Moscow Oblast, Russia - summer of 2016. Over 200,000 youth are currently enrolled in clubs with 10,000 in Moscow. Each club functions independently with their own structures and philosophies. In 2015, a proposed program from the Russian government entitled the...