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 Free Download Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia by Gregory J. Wallance English | December 5, 2023 | ISBN: 1250280052 | 304 pages | PDF | 21 Mb In a book that ranks with the greatest adventure stories, Gregory Wallance's Into Siberia is the untold story of how one man's harrowing journey exposed the barbaric Siberian exile system that sent a million Russians into a vast prison without a roof. In the late nineteenth century, a close diplomatic friendshipexisted between the United States and Russia. That changed when George Kennan went to Siberia in 1885 to investigate the exile system and his eyes were opened to the brutality Russia wielded to suppress dissent. Over ten months Kennan traveled eight thousand miles, mostly in horse-drawn carriages, sleighs or on horseback. Into Siberia offers readers an immersive experience in Kennan's journey through suffocating summer sandstorms and fierce winter blizzards. His interviews with convicts and political exiles revealed that Russia ran on the fuel of inflicted pain and fear. Prisoners in the mines who were chained day and night to their wheelbarrows as punishment and babies who froze to death in their mothers' arms. Kennan came to call the exiles' experience in Siberia a "perfect hell of misery." After returning to the United States, Kennangenerated nationaloutrage over the plight of the exiles by writing the renowned Siberia and the Exile System and going on a nine-year lecture tour, with consequences for the US-Russia relationship that are still felt today.
![The Lost Pianos of Siberia In Search of Russia's Remarkable Survivors [Audiobook] (2024)](https://i123.fastpic.org/big/2024/0324/21/674ee4aa976bc7cef53851d1768b6121.jpeg) Free Download The Lost Pianos of Siberia: In Search of Russia's Remarkable Survivors (Audiobook) English | ASIN: B082FP6JNX | 2020 | 9 hours and 9 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 498 MB Author: Sophy Roberts Narrator: Catherine Bailey 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 19th century and 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 influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos travelled into this snow-bound wilderness in the first place is testament to noble acts of fortitude by governors, adventurers and exiles. That stately 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. But this is Siberia, where people can endure the worst of the world - and where music reveals a deep humanity in the last place on earth you would expect to find it.
![Into Siberia George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia [Audiobook]](https://i122.fastpic.org/big/2024/0103/21/0bf9e4b247b781c464df8a6d5eccd421.jpeg) Free Download Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia (Audiobook) English | ASIN: B0CPFWHM6F | 2023 | 9 hours and 4 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 256 MB Author: Gregory J. Wallance Narrator: Daniel Henning In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Russia. All that changed when George Kennan went to Siberia in 1885 to investigate the exile system and his eyes were opened to the brutality Russia was wielding to suppress dissent. Over ten months Kennan traveled eight thousand miles, mostly in horse-drawn carriages, sleighs, or on horseback. He endured suffocating sandstorms in the summer and blizzards in the winter. His interviews with convicts and political exiles revealed how Russia ran on the fuel of inflicted pain and fear.  Free Download Michael Krupa, "Shallow Graves in Siberia" English | 2011 | pages: 251 | ISBN: 1843410125, ASIN: B006WB2BJE | EPUB | 0,4 mb This is Michael Krupa's story of how in 1939 he escaped the German invasion of Poland only to be captured by the Red Army, accused of espionage, and interrogated in the notorious Lubianka prison. He was then sent to the infamous Pechora Gulag, where most inmates died of overwork and starvation within a year. Amazingly, Kupra then escaped and made the gruelling journey from Siberia to Afghanistan.  Free Download Wild by Nature: From Siberia to Australia, Three Years Alone in the Wilderness on Foot by Sarah Marquis, Stephanie Hellert - Translator, Emily Lawrence English | 2017 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B01N4C92LU | M4B@64 Kbps | Duration: 7:17 h | 198 Mb One woman. Ten thousand miles on foot.  Free Download The Siberia Job by Josh Haven / Narrated by Justin Price English | 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0C74W7SVX | MP3@128 Kbps | Duration: 6:57 h | 408 Mb After the demise of the Soviet Union, the newly established Russian government privatized its industry by issuing vouchers to all of its citizens, allowing them the chance to be shareholders in the country's burgeoning businesses. The slips are distributed among the population and auctions are arranged where they can be exchanged for actual shares. For the country's rural populations living in abject poverty, the vouchers appear to be little more than pieces of paper, totally separated from the far-off concept of potential future fortunes. But for Texas businessman John Mills and his Czech companion, Petr Kovac, the seemingly valueless chits suggest a lucrative potential, worth much more than what the current owners are willing to sell them for. They travel to the furthest, coldest reaches of the country to acquire vouchers for the country's national oil company, Gazneft, roving from town to town with suitcases full of cash. But they quickly learn that the plan has complications-for example, the fact that the auctions at which these vouchers are traded for actual shares have been planned at the most remote, inaccessible locations possible to deter outsiders from buying in. And when the Russian mafia and the oligarchs in charge of Gazneft catch wind of their successes, the stakes become suddenly more deadly.
 Starving to Heal in Siberia: My Radical Recovery from Late-Stage Lyme Disease and How It Could Help Others by Michelle B. Slater English | September 13th, 2022 | ISBN: 162634986X | 280 pages | True EPUB | 2.26 MB There is hope for recovery from Lyme disease and other chronic illnesses  From the Volga to Siberia. The Finno-Ugric Peoples in Today's Russia By Ildikó Lehtinen 2012 | 190 Pages | ISBN: 9522223468 | PDF | 71 MB How are Finno-Ugric peoples doing in today's Russia? Are these minority groups surviving the pressure of globalisation? This book takes a look at the recent history and current situation of Finno-Ugric peoples from the Volga bend to Siberia. The articles provide a first-hand view of the current status and identity of the Khanty, Komi, Mari and Udmurts. Extensive image material shows us their everyday lives today, while archive pictures offer glimpses of life more than a century ago. Also included in the book are children's drawings depicting their ideas of Udmurt ethnicity.  Siberia: The History of Russia's Most Notorious Territory and Home of the Soviet Gulags by Charles River Editors English | July 9, 2015 | ISBN: 1514875098 | 70 pages | EPUB | 2.51 Mb *Includes pictures *Details the history, climate, and geography of the region and the culture of its indigenous peoples *Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "Have you heard of the illness hysteria siberiana? Try to imagine this: You're a farmer, living all alone on the Siberian tundra. Day after day you plow your fields. As far as the eye can see, nothing. To the north, the horizon, to the east, the horizon, to the south, to the west, more of the same. Every morning, when the sun rises in the east, you go out to work in your fields. When it's directly overhead, you take a break for lunch. When it sinks in the west, you go home to sleep. And then one day, something inside you dies. Day after day you watch the sun rise in the east, pass across the sky, then sink in the west, and something breaks inside you and dies. You toss your plow aside and, your head completely empty of thought, begin walking toward the west. Heading toward a land that lies west of the sun. Like someone, possessed, you walk on, day after day, not eating or drinking, until you collapse on the ground and die. That's hysteria siberiana." - Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun Although Russia has long been considered part of Europe, it has always had a culture so distinct and a history so different that it is still foreign to Western Europe in many ways. Naturally, this sense of otherness has lent an aura of intrigue and mystique to Russia as people have struggled to understand it. Over the long course of Russian history, perhaps no aspect of the giant country has generated interest quite like Siberia, the easternmost part of Russia that lies in Asia. Generally speaking, all that is widely known about Siberia is that it is really big and really cold, which, to be fair, are good starting points for a deeper exploration of this fascinating region. The name "Siberia" comes to English from Russian and was originally from the word "Sibir", a fortress of the Tatar people which was located on the Tobol and Irtysh Rivers . However, it referred more generally to the Khanate of Sibir, the land just east of the Urals that served as the gateway to a network of rivers that stretched all the way to the Pacific in the far east. Hence, it eventually gave its name to that entire region. Despite making up nearly 66% of the country, Siberia is only inhabited by 40 million people, making it one of the most sparsely populated places on the planet. Given its brutal climate and the strategic depth offered by the region, it should perhaps come as no surprise that the region is best known today for being the location where political prisoners were sent to the infamous Russian labor camps. Siberia: The History of Russia's Most Notorious Territory and Home of the Soviet Gulags details the history of Siberia over the centuries. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Siberia like never before, in no time at all.  Antti Tuomainen, David Hackston, "Little Siberia" English | 2020 | ISBN: 191237451X | EPUB | pages: 300 | 0.4 mb The arrival of a meteorite in a small Finnish town causes chaos and crime in this poignant, chilling and hilarious new thriller from the King of Helsinki Noir |
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