Author: Margaret McKibben
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Legends of Bayanaul
The Bayanaul region is home to hundreds of picturesque rock formations, carved by wind and rain, and resembling everything from ships to heros to a lady’s comb. The people who... Read More
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Old Believers of the Bukhtarma valley
For hundreds of years these remote Altai valleys have sheltered runaway serfs, escaped prisoners and Old Believer religious dissidents. On the banks of the Bukhtarma River you can still find... Read More
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Russian Cossacks of Kazakhstan
Centuries ago, this was a Cossack military outpost, part of Imperial Russia’s project to expand its influence in east Asia. The Russian border eventually shifted 60 miles to the north.... Read More
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Legends of Bayanaul -2023
The Bayanaul region is home to hundreds of picturesque rock formations, carved by wind and rain, and resembling everything from ships to heros to a lady’s comb. The people who... Read More
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Rachel Ulrich
Statistical Sciences Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory Rachel earned an M.S. in Statistics from Montana State University and a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Kentucky. During her undergraduate... Read More
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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... 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