When the Soviets took control of Russia, millions of people were relocated. Asian Siberians moved west, European Russians moved east. Distinctive people groups were assimilated into large groups of multi-ethnic families. The Soviets did this to eliminate ethic unity and to broaden the Soviet identity throughout the Union. Many of the 1000 people in Village...
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On a rock overlooking the deepest lake in the world, Shamanism was born among the Buryat people. Buryats are descendants of the Mongols, and they live in the area surrounding Lake Baikal in south central Siberia. Today, there are just under 500,000 Buryats living in the Russian Oblast of Buryatia, and many are still devoted...
Mike Rowe is a very dedicated man. Better him than me, but when Smell-O-Vision comes out, the Cable folks better cancel his show. I’m not sure if it’s just our house, the local CBS affiliate, or CBS, but the last couple weeks have been chock full of bad reception and weird blips in the shows...
Tonight, Amy, Clint, and I went down to the Quarter to survey the locals for the VCBC re-start. We got there and met Tiffany, Amy’s roommate, at Hard Rock, and said hello. Standing outside, a corner-stander named Bobby caught me and we started talking. He wanted money because he was hungry. He tried to put...
This post is brought to you by Grace Park Church of Spring Hill, Tennessee. From August 2 through August 8, I was in Spring Hill, Tennessee working with the Edgewater Youth and Grace Park Church. Spring Hill is the second fastest growing town in the country, with 25 new families moving there each day, on...