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The Russian Doll Collector Provided By The National Geographic
This Source Of Information For The Russian Doll Collector Provided By The National Geographic
The Russian Doll Collector will find this map produced by the National Geographic Society, a very informative accessory, it is very colorful and has illustrations of attire and captions on many of the districts of the Russian (Soviet Union) population.
From
the map, you will be able to identify costumes that are worn by
Russian dolls as well as to acquaint yourself with information from
that region.
Following
is quoted some of the information which has been updated from the
earlier map. Even it is outdated as you will see by reference to
Soviet Union, but the regional data is helpful in determining its
relation to the Russian dolls we long to identify. The pictures do
not relate to any of the descriptions.
KAZAKH
".......the
Turkic speaking Kazakhs have for centuries been admired as skilled
horsemen. Some of the semi-nomadic people still live in yurts,
circular tents of felt."
KIRGIZ
"From
the base of the snow-crusted Tien Shan, turbaned Kirgiz falconers on
horseback release their birds to search for prey in the blue skies
above small farms and pastures."
ARMENIAN
"Their
traditional homeland was centered in Northern Turkey, but Armenian
culture today thrives chiefly in Soviet Armenia. Armenians form a
highly concentrated population in the rocky valleys of
Transcaucasia."
TURKMEN
"The
Turkmens, noted for their frontierlike spirit, now raise large
quantities of cotton and breed the sheep that produce "Persian
Lamb."
.
GEORGIAN
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"Lovers
of wine, spicy food, and song, Georgians are known throughout the
Soviet Union for their open-handed hospitality.
Famed
for longevity, at least one in every 2,500 Georgians is a hundred
years old or more." If you have ever had the privilege of
watching the Georgians dance in the Russian Ballet group that toured
the US shortly after the cold war ended, the dance which they
performed held you spellbound.
Dressed in black.....all men.......they leaped to heady heights......and returned to the ground on the arch of their feet! Magnificent.
24
Inch Rusian Dolls
"Their land, the gateway or the obstacle to Moscow in World War II, Byelorussians suffered the full force of Nazi invasion.......one of every four people in the republic perished".
"White
Russians" have various explanations for their name: their once
predominately white clothing, their fair coloration, their freedom
from foreign domination."
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