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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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  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