Novy Urengoy & Surgut: Part 5 of the Forgotten Places in Siberia Excursion
After our night trip to the former Gulag camps alongthe Salekhard-Igarka Railway, we had the chance to stop in Pangody. It’s a small town but […]
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A White Night in the Tundra: Snapshots from Nadym and Surroundings
Visiting two former labour camps along the 501 Railroad, more commonly (together with Railroad 503) known as the Transpolar Mainline, Dead Road or Stalinbahn, was […]
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Travelling through Oktyabrsky District: Part 3
Early in the morning, the group took off from Khanti-Mansysk to visit an abandoned village, called Lorba. After about 3 hours drive along smaller roads […]
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On the Traces of Khanty People, Reindeers, Wolga Germans and Soviet Champions: Part 2 Khanty Mansiysk
Nights are short in Siberia. After a bus trip through infinite forests we arrived at Khanty-Mansiysk at 11 pm, but the sky reminded us rather […]
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The Traces of Exile in Western-Siberia: Part 1 Tobolsk
July 3, 2017. Heavy rain pours down on us as we leave our minibus in Tobolsk. 140 km north of the Trans-Siberian Railroad and the […]
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