In 1999, I decided to live a year in the city of Chita, Russia. For those not in the know, Chita is a city in Siberia.
History
The City of Chita is a the administrative center of the Chita Oblast, which is similar to a state. It is located smack dab in the middle of Siberia and is about 500 miles east of Lake Baikal.
From the 1930