Author: Marie Antoinette Czaplicka
Publisher:
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Category : Siberia (Russia)
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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My Siberian Year
Author: Marie Antoinette Czaplicka
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Siberia (Russia)
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Siberia (Russia)
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
My Siberian Year; by M.A. Czaplicka, with Thirty-two Illustartions from Photographs
Author: Marie Antoinette Czaplicka
Publisher:
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Category : Siberia (Russia)
Languages : en
Pages : 405
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Siberia (Russia)
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
My Siberian Year
Author: Marya Antonia Czaplicka
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 309
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
My Siberian Year
Author: Marie Antoinette Czaplicka
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Siberia
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Siberia
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
My Siberian Year, by M. A. Czaplicka,...
Author: M. A. Czaplicka
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 323
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 323
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My Siberian Year
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Category : Khanty
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Khanty
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
My Siberian Year ; by M.A. Czaplicka, with Thirty-two Illustrations from Photographs
Author: Marie Antoinette Czaplicka
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Siberia (Russia)
Languages : en
Pages : 315
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ISBN:
Category : Siberia (Russia)
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
The Lost Pianos of Siberia
Author: Sophy Roberts
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 0802149308
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
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
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 0802149308
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
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
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me
Author: Josef M. Bauer
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 1780332866
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Originally published in 1955, this must be one of the most dramatic adventures of our time. Clemens Forell, a German soldier, was sentenced to 25 years of forced labour in a Siberian lead mine after the Second World War. Rebelling against the brutality of the camp, Forell staged a daring escape, enduring an 8000-mile journey across the trackless wastes of Siberia, in some of the most treacherous and inhospitable conditions on earth. Bauer's writing brilliantly evokes Forell's desperation in the prison camp, and his struggle for survival and terror of recapture as he makes his way towards the Persian frontier and freedom.
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 1780332866
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Originally published in 1955, this must be one of the most dramatic adventures of our time. Clemens Forell, a German soldier, was sentenced to 25 years of forced labour in a Siberian lead mine after the Second World War. Rebelling against the brutality of the camp, Forell staged a daring escape, enduring an 8000-mile journey across the trackless wastes of Siberia, in some of the most treacherous and inhospitable conditions on earth. Bauer's writing brilliantly evokes Forell's desperation in the prison camp, and his struggle for survival and terror of recapture as he makes his way towards the Persian frontier and freedom.
Lost in the Taiga
Author: Vasiliĭ Peskov
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The sole surviving family member, the daughter Agafia, lives by herself in the Lykov family cabin to this day.
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The sole surviving family member, the daughter Agafia, lives by herself in the Lykov family cabin to this day.