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AMONG THE RUSSIANS COLIN THUBRON For Rae Sebley ‘Do you know who are the only god-fearing people on earth, whose duty it is to regenerate and save the world in the name of a new god?’ ‘…the people of Russia.’ Dostoevsky, The Possessed It would be a gross and pedantic superstition to venerate any form of society in itself, apart from the safety, breadth, or sweetness which it lent to individual happiness. George Santayana, Reason in Society Contents Epigraph iii Map x Foreword ix 1. Across White Russia 1 2. Moscow 25 3. Early Heartlands 51 4. Leningrad 73 5. On the Baltic 107 6. Toward Caucasus 123 7. The Mountain of Languages 147 8. Armenia 163 9. On the Black Sea 179 10. Kiev to the West 202 About the Author Other Books by Colin Thubron Cover Copyright About the Publisher The identity of many people in this book has been disguised. I am grateful to them for their candour, and sad that I cannot record their names to thank them. C.G.D.T.

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Here is a fresh perspective on the last tumultuous years of the Soviet Union and an exquisitely poetic travelogue.With a keen grasp of Russia's history, a deep appreciation for its architecture and iconography, and an inexhaustible enthusiasm for its people and its culture, Colin Thubron is the perf

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AMONG THE RUSSIANS COLIN THUBRON For Rae Sebley ‘Do you know who are the only god-fearing people on earth, whose duty it is to regenerate and save the world in the name of a new god?’ ‘…the people of Russia.’ Dostoevsky, The Possessed It would be a gross and pedantic superstition to venerate any form of society in itself, apart from the safety, breadth, or sweetness which it lent to individual happiness. George Santayana, Reason in Society Contents Epigraph iii Map x Foreword ix 1. Across White Russia 1 2. Moscow 25 3. Early Heartlands 51 4. Leningrad 73 5. On the Baltic 107 6. Toward Caucasus 123 7. The Mountain of Languages 147 8. Armenia 163 9. On the Black Sea 179 10. Kiev to the West 202 About the Author Other Books by Colin Thubron Cover Copyright About the Publisher The identity of many people in this book has been disguised. I am grateful to them for their candour, and sad that I cannot record their names to thank them. C.G.D.T.

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Here is a fresh perspective on the last tumultuous years of the Soviet Union and an exquisitely poetic travelogue.With a keen grasp of Russia's history, a deep appreciation for its architecture and iconography, and an inexhaustible enthusiasm for its people and its culture, Colin Thubron is the perf

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