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Past Expedition Template
You may place any content here in any way that you like. This template differs a bit from the ‘Expedition Template’ in that it leaves out information that isn’t as... Read More
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Russians in the Heart of Asia
The remote village of Shebalino is populated by both indigenous Altains and descendants of Russian settlers who arrived in the 1800s. These very different cultures have lived side by side... Read More
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Places of Power
Soon after archaeologists uncovered the the Bronze Age city of Arkaim in 1987, an array of prophets, mystics and pilgrims heralded the site as the Aryan homeland, a model of the universe, an astronomical instrument, ... Read More
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Russian Settlers of the Altai Mountains
The city of Gorno Altaisk is your jumping off point for Uimon Valley in the Altai mountains. Here your team will visit the descendants of popovtsy and bezpopovtsy Orthodox Christian... Read More
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Magic and Modernity
Travel to the borderlands of Romania to study how modernization and traditional belief intertwine in 21st-century rural life. During your three-week stay, cultural anthropologists Professor James M. Nyce and Alexandra... Read More
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Belarusian Traditions
Meet your team in lovely Irkutsk, then travel by bus to the village of Blagodatnaya, founded over 100 years ago by Belarusian settlers seeking land and a new life. Interview... Read More
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Dynamics of Folklore Traditions – 2008
One hundred years ago, a significant part of the population from this village moved out to Siberia with the hope of creating a better economic life for their families. Fifty... Read More
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Folklore of Siberian Villages – 2008
American Friends of Russian Folklore was pleased to be the lead organization for the 2008 “Folklore of Siberian Villages” Russian folklore expedition. This expedition was to the villages of Batama... Read More
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Don Cossack Folklore Expedition – 2009
Our winter expedition to the Cossack village Ust-Khopiorskaya was completed in January 2009. We chose the winter time for a special reason. This time coincides with the unique time of... Read More
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Ukraine Expedition
This was the third season of the project “Dynamics of Folklore Traditions”, Krapivnya village, Ukraine. The first expedition was made in 2007, the second in 2008. One hundred years ago,... Read More