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Moscovites Window-Shop At GUM For Holiday Ideas

Posted: December 21, 2012

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The up-scale mall on Red Square is called GUM. It's in the former state-run department store, a Soviet-era monument that was once famous for long lines and unsmiling service. It's been turned into a glittering showplace for high-end foreign brands that most Russians can only look at.

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