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  • Pillars of Granite Destitute winds: Arrived back this morning from Krasnoyarsk. Tired, the night train was over heated. Krasnoyarsk proved surprising. It is twice the size of Tomsk and much more…

  • Big rivers and Glaswegian super dubbed: I am off to Krasnoyarsk for the weekend. It lies 800 km to the east. A city founded on the mighty Yenisei river (one of the biggest and longest rivers in the…

  • HEALTH AND TOMSK: Johann recalled a conversation with a professor in London. Upon hearing his choice of Russian city, the Prof mentioned, t will take a few years off your life!? I had laughed wh…

  • and so the successful fiasco continues, I am not sure if it was the extra padding in the front of my tights or the exquisite dance itself but I have sure been receiving extra attention …

  • A CANADIAN INTERPRETIVE DANCE: I am not sure if this needs to be mentioned, especially after my last post, but very few westerners, let alone Canadians, have been to Tomsk. So in many ways I am the a…

  • Well, because I haven't share too much about Tomsk, I think this week, along with the daily Russian quote, I will write something of the city. Here is an article about Tomsk: I love the last paragraph: …

  • "Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men, I think, have great sadness on earth." Dostoevsky- Crime and Punishment Saturday I bought a …

  • In response to my last quote, I received the below quote. It is a contrast from Tolstoy's reasoning. "The impossible means the stone wall! What stone wall? Why, of course, the laws of nature, …

  • ok Your quote of the day: "Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six." Tolstoy, on his death bed. Comments? This was Tolstoy's response when asked to rejoin the Orthodox …

  • ok my morning Russian quote for you. "People talk sometimes of a bestial cruelty, but that's a great injustice and insult to the beasts; a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically…

  • Alright, so taking advantage of my geo-spatial positioning of Russian remoteness, I figure I will supply the rest of you with a Russian quote per day or at least per entry (the number of which may vary per w…

  • Pushkin: In far Siberia's deepest soil, Preserve your proud, unflagging patience; They won't be lostour bitter toil, And striving, lofty meditations. It is currently incredible outside. So wintry an…

  • As I entered the kitchen last night, Gauchin, a chinese student/resident here beckoned out to me, "another six months!" I wasn't exactly sure what these six months were or what they meant, but all was …

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