Tag: Russia
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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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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
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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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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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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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Russian North Expedition – 2009
This was our first expedition to the Russian North. What type of folklore was preserved here? From where did the people come who settled this area? What traditions did they... Read More
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Don Cossack Folklore Expedition – 2010
We continued to document and investigate the Don Cossack singing traditions, by recording the traditions of three new choirs. Here is what our scholarship recipient, Michael Young, shared about his... Read More