An ambassador, a factory worker, and a political scientist in the dictatorial state that was still recovering from the damage suffered during World War I, the Revolution and Civil War.

This time of year Russian directors mix Dostoyevsky with American Psycho, and the shocking results can now be seen in movie theaters.

As part of the viral challenge, we’ve compared snaps from 2009 and 2019 to show you how much Russia has transformed over the last decade.

As Hawaiian nationalist sentiment rises after more than a century of American conquest and occupation, the Pacific archipelago’s small but important 200-year Russian legacy unexpectedly finds itself in the crossfire.