Travels in the Trans-Caucasian Provinces of Russia
Author : Richard Wilbraham
Publisher :
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 30,30 MB
Release : 1839
Category : Caucasus, South
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Author : Richard Wilbraham
Publisher :
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 30,30 MB
Release : 1839
Category : Caucasus, South
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Author : Richard Wilbraham
Publisher :
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 42,86 MB
Release : 1839
Category : Caucasus, South
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Author : Lisa Dickey
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 11,60 MB
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1250092302
**One of Bustle's 17 of the Best Nonfiction Books Coming in January 2017 and Men's Journal's 7 Best Books of January** "Brilliant, real and readable." —former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright **A USA Today "New and Noteworthy" Book** Lisa Dickey traveled across the whole of Russia three times—in 1995, 2005 and 2015—making friends in eleven different cities, then coming back again and again to see how their lives had changed. Like the acclaimed British documentary series Seven Up!, she traces the ups and downs of ordinary people’s lives, in the process painting a deeply nuanced portrait of modern Russia. From the caretakers of a lighthouse in Vladivostok, to the Jewish community of Birobidzhan, to a farmer in Buryatia, to a group of gay friends in Novosibirsk, to a wealthy family in Chelyabinsk, to a rap star in Moscow, Dickey profiles a wide cross-section of people in one of the most fascinating, dynamic and important countries on Earth. Along the way, she explores dramatic changes in everything from technology to social norms, drinks copious amounts of vodka, and learns firsthand how the Russians really feel about Vladimir Putin. Including powerful photographs of people and places over time, and filled with wacky travel stories, unexpected twists, and keen insights, Bears in the Streets offers an unprecedented on-the-ground view of Russia today.
Author : Illinois State Library
Publisher :
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 16,91 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Library catalogs
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Author : Margarita Marinova
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 21,28 MB
Release : 2012-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1136659404
In this study, Marinova examines the diverse practices of crossing boundaries, tactics of translation, and experiences of double and multiple political and national attachments evident in texts about Russo-American encounters from the end of the American Civil War to the Russian Revolution of 1905. Marinova brings together published writings, archival materials, and personal correspondence of well or less known travelers of diverse ethnic backgrounds and artistic predilections: from the quintessential American Mark Twain to the Russian-Jewish ethnographer and revolutionary Vladimir Bogoraz; from masters of realist prose such as the Ukrainian-born Vladimir Korolenko and the Jewish-Russian-American Abraham Cahan, to romantic wanderers like Edna Proctor, Isabel Hapgood or Grigorii Machtet. By highlighting the reification of problematic stereotypes of ethnic and racial difference in these texts, Marinova illuminates the astonishing success of the Cold War period’s rhetoric of mutual hatred and exclusion, and its continuing legacy today.
Author : John Lloyd Stephens
Publisher :
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 25,50 MB
Release : 1839
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Arne Schaefer
Publisher : Life&Travels in the Northwes
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 38,92 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Atlantic Coast (South Africa)
ISBN : 0620404159
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 17,63 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Veterinary medicine
ISBN :
Author : Illinois State Library
Publisher :
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 33,5 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
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Author : Johann Georg Kohl
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 39,96 MB
Release : 1842
Category : Russia
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