Beyond The Trans Siberian

Author : L. Arlene Hink
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781645302056

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Beyond the Trans-Siberian by L. Arlene Hink Pdf

Beyond the Trans-Siberian By: L. Arlene Hink Curious about how ordinary people in the Soviet Union lived, L. Arlene Hink and her husband went on a fifty-two day trip in 1968. Traveling on the Trans-Siberian Railroad across Russia and continuing into European Russia and the Ukraine made them want to learn more about the people. Enjoying the cultural differences and their experiences with the many people encountered along the way, they provide insights into life in Northern Siberia from their experiences of living and working with these people. Through their experiences, they learn that respecting different perspectives is key to understanding human beings, not only between countries, but in one’s own family. Hink teaches that each of us has the opportunity to reach out to others, in our families and communities, to build trust rather than fear. Join Hink as she takes you through her travels, her husband’s notes, and both their experiences with people in Russia over a span of fifty years.

Author : C J Farrington
Publisher : Constable
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472133113

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Death on the Trans-Siberian Express by C J Farrington Pdf

'Quirky and colourful' Times Crime Club 'An absolute delight' L C Tyler 'This intriguing but charming murder mystery is packed with psychological depth and wonderfully-drawn characters' Eleanor Ray Welcome to Roslazny - a sleepy Russian town where intrigue and murder combine to disturb the icy silence... Olga Pushkin, Railway Engineer (Third Class) and would-be bestselling author, spends her days in a little rail-side hut with only Dmitri the hedgehog for company. While tourists and travellers clatter by on the Trans-Siberian Express, Olga dreams of studying literature at Tomsk State University - the Oxford of West Siberia - and escaping the sleepy, snow-clad village of Roslazny. But Roslazny doesn't stay sleepy for long. Poison-pen letters, a small-town crime wave, and persistent rumours of a Baba Yaga - a murderous witch hiding in the frozen depths of the Russian taiga - combine to disturb the icy silence. And one day Olga arrives at her hut only to be knocked unconscious by a man falling from the Trans-Siberian, an American tourist with his throat cut from ear to ear and his mouth stuffed with 10-ruble coins. Another death soon follows, and Sergeant Vassily Marushkin, the brooding, enigmatic policeman who takes on the case, finds himself falsely imprisoned by his Machiavellian superior, Chief-Inspector Babikov. Olga resolves to help Vassily by proving his innocence. But with no leads to follow and time running out, has Olga bitten off more than she can chew? Praise for Death on the Trans-Siberian Express 'The book is an absolute delight, evocative equally of the frozen steppes, bad vodka and worse sausage, and full of larger than life characters. Olga Pushkin is an endearing protagonist, who is hopefully set for a series as long as the Trans Siberian Railway.' L C Tyler 'Written with a warmth that would thaw Siberia, this intriguing but charming murder mystery is packed with psychological depth and wonderfully-drawn characters. It also features the best hedgehog I've met in a novel.' Eleanor Ray

Author : Vijay Menon
Publisher : Glagoslav Publications
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781911414773

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A Brown Man in Russia by Vijay Menon Pdf

A Brown Man in Russia describes the fantastical travels of a young, colored American traveler as he backpacks across Russia in the middle of winter via the Trans-Siberian. The book is a hybrid between the curmudgeonly travelogues of Paul Theroux and the philosophical works of Robert Pirsig. Styled in the vein of Hofstadter, the author lays out a series of absurd, but true stories followed by a deeper rumination on what they mean and why they matter. Each chapter presents a vivid anecdote from the perspective of the fumbling traveler and concludes with a deeper lesson to be gleaned. For those who recognize the discordant nature of our world in a time ripe for demagoguery and for those who want to make it better, the book is an all too welcome antidote. It explores the current global climate of despair over differences and outputs a very different message – one of hope and shared understanding. At times surreal, at times inappropriate, at times hilarious, and at times deeply human, A Brown Man in Russia is a reminder to those who feel marginalized, hopeless, or endlessly divided that harmony is achievable even in the most unlikely of places.

Author : Nicole Segre
Publisher : Blurb
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1366211138

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Trans-Siberian by Nicole Segre Pdf

Why was the Trans-Siberian so necessary and how did its builders overcome the challenges of scarce funds, a harsh climate and unimaginable distance? Against all the odds, the railway brought changes and upheavals that even its 19th century champions could not have foreseen. This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of the world's longest railway and takes us on a ride through the history of Siberia and of Russia itself, from the taming of the mysterious wild East to the fall of the Romanovs and beyond.

Author : Ian Frazier
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1429964316

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Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier Pdf

A Dazzling Russian travelogue from the bestselling author of Great Plains In his astonishing new work, Ian Frazier, one of our greatest and most entertaining storytellers, trains his perceptive, generous eye on Siberia, the storied expanse of Asiatic Russia whose grim renown is but one explanation among hundreds for the region's fascinating, enduring appeal. In Travels in Siberia, Frazier reveals Siberia's role in history—its science, economics, and politics—with great passion and enthusiasm, ensuring that we'll never think about it in the same way again. With great empathy and epic sweep, Frazier tells the stories of Siberia's most famous exiles, from the well-known—Dostoyevsky, Lenin (twice), Stalin (numerous times)—to the lesser known (like Natalie Lopukhin, banished by the empress for copying her dresses) to those who experienced unimaginable suffering in Siberian camps under the Soviet regime, forever immortalized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in The Gulag Archipelago. Travels in Siberia is also a unique chronicle of Russia since the end of the Soviet Union, a personal account of adventures among Russian friends and acquaintances, and, above all, a unique, captivating, totally Frazierian take on what he calls the "amazingness" of Russia—a country that, for all its tragic history, somehow still manages to be funny. Travels in Siberia will undoubtedly take its place as one of the twenty-first century's indispensable contributions to the travel-writing genre.

Author : Jacopo Maria Pepe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783658201920

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Beyond Energy by Jacopo Maria Pepe Pdf

Jacopo Maria Pepe examines the rapid development of non-energy transport infrastructure in the broader Eurasian space. By doing so, the author considers the ongoing structural transformation of the Eurasian continent against the backdrop of deepening commercial interconnectivity in Eurasia into broader areas of trade, supported by the rapid development of rail connectivity. He frames this process in a long-wave historical analysis and considers in detail the geopolitical, geo-economic, and theoretical implications of deepening physical connectivity for the relationships among China, Russia, Central Asia, and the European Union.

Author : Deborah Manley
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781908493309

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The Trans-Siberian Railway by Deborah Manley Pdf

No railway journey on Earth can equal the Trans-Siberian between Moscow and Vladivostock. It is not just its vast length and the great variety of the lands and climes through which it passes. It is not just its history as the line that linked the huge territories which are Russia together. It is a dream which calls countless travellers to the adventure of the longest railway in the world. From the birth aboard of Rudolf Nureyev to the childhood obsession with the railway of Lesley Blanch, to the weariness that eventually overcame Paul Theroux, to the excitement of the author's own journey, this revised and updated collection of travellers' accounts brings together emotions, descriptions and humour from a century of travel. This new edition of a classic anthology takes us through the tremendous achievement of the railway’s construction across harsh, unsettled lands through the earliest journeys of Western travellers and the trains on which they travelled, and their descriptions of fellow travellers, food, scenery, domestic arrangements, adventures on and off the train, convicts, revolution and war as the train carried them through a lonely, lovely landscape. The barrier of Lake Baikal was crossed by a British-built ice-breaker, put together on the lakeside until the link around the deep water and through the first tunnels of the route was completed. The railway played – and still plays – a huge part in holding this vast country together.

Author : Lev Lenoir
Publisher : Author House
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491865118

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The Girl on the Trans-Siberian Railway by Lev Lenoir Pdf

The book is based on a true life story with some modifications and name change of characters due to privacy. As a young African man, who had experienced unspeakable harshness, violence, crime, conditioned love and the wrath of Russian Mafia as a student in St. Petersburg decides to return to the country he never forgot, his life changes. Thomas Kusulu, who studied at a University in St Petersburg, had always dreamt of travelling on the world's longest rail line. It was an adventure he couldn't afford while he was a poor struggling student. Seven years later, he saved enough money to make the trip. Reaching there, he finds that Russia is changing after the fall of Communism - the first signs of Western commerce and free market values. But he also finds a few old friends in Moscow and spends three happy days reminiscing about the past and whooping it up in booming clubs with hot Russian girls. He started this adventurous journey that changed his life forever. This enticing and thrilling story will be yours to discover.

Author : Sophy Roberts
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780802149305

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The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts Pdf

This “melodious” mix of music, history, and travelogue “reveals a story inextricably linked to the drama of Russia itself . . . These pages sing like a symphony.” —The Wall Street Journal Siberia’s story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies, and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell. Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos—grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, as well as humble Soviet-made uprights that found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the westernizing influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos traveled into this snowbound wilderness in the first place is testament to noble acts of fortitude by governors, adventurers, and exiles. Siberian pianos have accomplished extraordinary feats, from the instrument that Maria Volkonsky, wife of an exiled Decembrist revolutionary, used to spread music east of the Urals, to those that brought reprieve to the Soviet Gulag. That these instruments might still exist in such a hostile landscape is remarkable. That they are still capable of making music in far-flung villages is nothing less than a miracle. The Lost Pianos of Siberia follows Roberts on a three-year adventure as she tracks a number of instruments to find one whose history is definitively Siberian. Her journey reveals a desolate land inhabited by wild tigers and deeply shaped by its dark history, yet one that is also profoundly beautiful—and peppered with pianos. “An elegant and nuanced journey through literature, through history, through music, murder and incarceration and revolution, through snow and ice and remoteness, to discover the human face of Siberia. I loved this book.” —Paul Theroux

Author : Deborah Manley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132210621

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The Trans-Siberian Railway by Deborah Manley Pdf

treasury of long out-of-print books so past journeys can bring today's travellers a vast kaleidoscope of experience of a great journey to be enjoyed as you travel along the line - or simply contemplate the adventure." --Book Jacket.

Author : Robert Strauss
Publisher : Hunter Publishing (NJ)
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : East Asia
ISBN : 0952090007

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The Trans-Siberian Rail Guide by Robert Strauss Pdf

Author : Sören Urbansky
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691195445

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Beyond the Steppe Frontier by Sören Urbansky Pdf

A comprehensive history of the Sino-Russian border, one of the longest and most important land borders in the world The Sino-Russian border, once the world’s longest land border, has received scant attention in histories about the margins of empires. Beyond the Steppe Frontier rectifies this by exploring the demarcation’s remarkable transformation—from a vaguely marked frontier in the seventeenth century to its twentieth-century incarnation as a tightly patrolled barrier girded by watchtowers, barbed wire, and border guards. Through the perspectives of locals, including railroad employees, herdsmen, and smugglers from both sides, Sören Urbansky explores the daily life of communities and their entanglements with transnational and global flows of people, commodities, and ideas. Urbansky challenges top-down interpretations by stressing the significance of the local population in supporting, and undermining, border making. Because Russian, Chinese, and native worlds are intricately interwoven, national separations largely remained invisible at the border between the two largest Eurasian empires. This overlapping and mingling came to an end only when the border gained geopolitical significance during the twentieth century. Relying on a wealth of sources culled from little-known archives from across Eurasia, Urbansky demonstrates how states succeeded in suppressing traditional borderland cultures by cutting kin, cultural, economic, and religious connections across the state perimeter, through laws, physical force, deportation, reeducation, forced assimilation, and propaganda. Beyond the Steppe Frontier sheds critical new light on a pivotal geographical periphery and expands our understanding of how borders are determined.

Author : Benjamin Douglas Howard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Ainu
ISBN : HARVARD:32044043300201

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Life with Trans-Siberian Savages by Benjamin Douglas Howard Pdf

Author : Isabella Löhr,Roland Wenzlhuemer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783642329340

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The Nation State and Beyond by Isabella Löhr,Roland Wenzlhuemer Pdf

The history of globalization is anything but a no-frills affair that moves smoothly along a clear-cut, unidirectional path of development, eventually leading to seamless global integration. Accordingly, scholarship in the social sciences has increasingly argued against equating the history of globalization processes and transcultural entanglements with the master narrative of the gradual homogenization of the world. Examining the shifting patterns of global connections has, therefore, become the main challenge for all those who seek to understand the past, the present and the future of modern societies. And this challenge includes finding a place for the nation state. The studies presented here argue that looking at the nation state from the perspective of global entanglements opens the door for its interpretation as a dynamic and multi-layered structure that takes part in globalization processes and plays various and at times even contradictory roles at the same time.

Author : Darra Goldstein
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780399580406

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Beyond the North Wind by Darra Goldstein Pdf

100 traditional yet surprisingly modern recipes from the far northern corners of Russia, featuring ingredients and dishes that young Russians are rediscovering as part of their heritage. IACP AWARD FINALIST • LONGLISTED FOR THE ART OF EATING PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND FORBES “A necessary resource for food writers and for eaters, a fascinating read and good excuse to make fermented oatmeal.”—Bon Appétit Russian cookbooks tend to focus on the food that was imported from France in the nineteenth century or the impoverished food of the Soviet era. Beyond the North Wind explores the true heart of Russian food, a cuisine that celebrates whole grains, preserved and fermented foods, and straightforward but robust flavors. Recipes for a dazzling array of pickles and preserves, infused vodkas, homemade dairy products such as farmers cheese and cultured butter, puff pastry hand pies stuffed with mushrooms and fish, and seasonal vegetable soups showcase Russian foods that are organic and honest--many of them old dishes that feel new again in their elegant minimalism. Despite the country's harsh climate, this surprisingly sophisticated cuisine has an incredible depth of flavor to offer in dishes like Braised Cod with Horseradish, Roast Lamb with Kasha, Black Currant Cheesecake, and so many more. This home-style cookbook with a strong sense of place and evocative storytelling brings to life a rarely seen portrait of Russia, its people, and its palate—with 100 recipes, gorgeous photography, and essays on the little-known culinary history of this fascinating and wild part of the world.