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Buy what you can there and you will have souvenirs with Russian labels your son can pass down to his own children. We didn't take a stroller. We bought one there. We were there about 19 days total and I got by fine on 3 pair of jeans, 4 shirts and one nice outfit for court. Like others, we also washed things in the hotel and hung them on a line on the balcony to dry. We brought the orphanage gift on trip one so we didn't have to take another. The gifts we brought for others didn't take too much room and the space they cleared in baggage was replaced with the things we bought there. We took our then 5YO with us and came back with his 2YO brother, and still managed to get there and back with two large bags and 3 carry-ons (we each had our own going over; No. 2 son and I shared coming back). However, since we are military, one of our big bags was an unmarked seabag and when packed cirrectly, it can hold a whole lot of stuff you couldn't get into an ordinary suitcase. It can be done, it just takes some planning.
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