Author: Margaret McKibben
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Settlers of the Steppe
The village of Uspenka, on the Kulundinskaja steppe, was settled by Ukrainian migrants who came here in search of land and a better life during the Russian Empire’s Stolypin land... Read More
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Old Russian Ways in East Kazakhstan
Since the days of Imperial Russia, remote river valleys of the Altai mountains have sheltered runaway serfs, escaped prisoners and Old Believer religious dissidents. On the banks of the Cheremshanka... Read More
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Refuge in a land of honey
In the days of Imperial Russia, in these borderlands, villages along the Bukhtarma river sheltered runaway serfs, escaped prisoners, Old Believer religious dissidents and other refugees from the Russian government.... Read More
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Maranda Wilkinson
Korean War Legacy Foundation Senior Fellow Maranda Wilkinson is a former middle school Social Studies teacher, Curriculum and Instruction Coach, and STEM Curriculum Specialist for the Franklin County School District... Read More
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Dr. Tatiana Savelieva
Associate Professor, Department of Philology. Chelyabinsk State University, Miass branch Special interests: neo-mythology, mechanisms of mythologization and sacralization of space. Dr. Savelieva has led folklore students into the field on... Read More
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Maslenitsa– songs, stories and Butter Week
The season of Maslenitsa (aka Butter Week, Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, Shrovetide) is a great time to be in Russia. Everywhere people celebrate the end of winter and the promise... Read More
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The Funeral of Stroma
Every summer, to bring the rain, the people of Shutilovo make effigies of “Stroma” and her daughter. The pair are laid out as for a funeral, and the villagers gather... Read More
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Manpupuner – Mountain of Idols
Join University of Chelyabinsk professor Tatiana Savelieva and her undergraduate folklore students on their “field trip” to the north Urals where they will document the beliefs and stories that have... Read More
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Russian Old Believer Folklore and Festival of the Honey Savior
The north-east corner of Kazakhstan boasts stunning mountains, verdant valleys, and the majestic Bukhtarma river. The team’s home base will be in the village of Sennoe (pop. 315) where volunteers... Read More
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Settling Siberia
In the last decades under Tsarist rule, millions of Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian peasants quit their home villages in the western empire to head east — to Siberia — for... Read More