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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Overcoming the past, without forgetting it
Processes of remembering, reappraising the past and reconciliation benefit from social dialogue. This enables blind spots in the understanding of historic truth and the barriers […]
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