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Testament of memory, a Siberian life

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Testament of memory, a Siberian life
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Testament of memory
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electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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a Siberian life
Summary
A remarkably simple and yet profoundly deep narrative, this translation is an introduction to the remote world of the 19th-century Altai: a mountainous region of southern Siberia possessing unique flora and fauna and peaks rising to nearly 15,000 feet. Native Altai tribesman Mikhail Chelvalkov vividly describes the physical beauty of the region while chronicling many of the encounters that took place throughout his life as the population transformed from competing nomadic pagan tribes to a settled and harmonious Orthodox Christian culture. One of the first native disciples of the Russian Orthodox missionary priest Makarii Glukharev-who was made a saint in AD 2000-Chelvalkov's testament provides invaluable insights for students of Christian mission, ethnography, geography, and botany
Target audience
adult
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