Author: Lothar Deeg
Publisher: epubli
ISBN: 3844258191
Size: 64.42 MB
Format: PDF
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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The unbelievable success story of young foreign merchants in the “Wild East” of Russia

Author: Eleanor L. Pray
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295804807
Size: 52.60 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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In 1894, Eleanor L. Pray left her New England home to move with her merchant husband to Vladivostok in the Russian Far East. Over the next thirty-six years � from the time of Tsar Alexander III to the early years of Stalin�s rule � she wrote more than 2,000 letters chronicling her family life and the tumultuous social and political events she witnessed. Vladivostok, 5,600 miles east of Moscow, was shaped by a rich intersection of Asian cultures, and Pray�s witty and observant writing paints a vivid picture of the city and its denizens during a period of momentous social change. The book offers highlights from Pray�s letters along with illuminating historical and biographical information.

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Size: 25.87 MB
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Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages :
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Includes Chinese and Japanese sections.

Author: William R. Hunt
Publisher: New York : Scribner
ISBN:
Size: 16.16 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Bering Land Bridge
Languages : en
Pages : 395
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Covers exploration and conquest through present day pacts and boundaries.

Author: FITZHUGH WW
Publisher: Smithsonian Inst Press
ISBN:
Size: 52.15 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 379
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Collection of 23 papers on the traditional cultures of the coastal and island peoples of northeastern Siberia and northwestern North America and the Bering Strait region.

Author: David Arans
Publisher:
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Size: 35.52 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Exiles
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Author: Victor K. Kaledin
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Size: 66.77 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Intelligence service
Languages : en
Pages : 287
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Author: Rock Brynner
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Size: 65.70 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 331
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Yul Brynner, the mysterious and exotic Hollywood star, was one of four generations in his family to bear that name. His Swiss-born grandfather, Jules, arrived in Shanghai almost by accident about 1865, but within twenty years had become a leading industrialist in the Far East. His business association with Tsar Nicholas II built Vladivostok and the Trans-Siberian Railway, then triggered the Russo-Japanese War, contributing to the fall of the Romanoffs. Jules' son Boris regained control of the family's mines, but his experiences in China, Manchuria, and North Korea rivaled the ordeals of Dr. Zhivago. Yul's childhood took him to China and then to France, where, as a teenager, he performed in nightclubs with Russian Gypsies while becoming a trapeze acrobat in the circus. He moved to America before he spoke English and within five years was starring on Broadway. His son, with a colorful life of his own, has written the family's history.--From publisher description.

Author: Josef Kreiner
Publisher:
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Size: 16.59 MB
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Category : Ainu
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Author: Charles Schlacks
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Size: 39.55 MB
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Category : Europe, Eastern
Languages : ru
Pages :
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A quarterly journal devoted to Russia and East Europe.