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Travels in Siberia, Part Two


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last update: Part two describes Frazier's trips to Leningrad and to the Diomede Islands, the western and easternmost parts of Siberia. Interesting items: corruption rampant; Mongols (Genghis Khan) barbaric, terrifying; English and Americans in the 19th century go on amazing explorations. For example, three different men from Ohio--in the space of five years--visit Siberia and return and write books about it.  Frazier lists all the various and surprising people who visited Russia in the 19th century. He also details the errors of Americans (Henry Wallace, vice president of FDR stands out) who fell for the Soviet propaganda of the happy workers in Siberia.

Now that Frazier has touched the extremes, his next goal is to cross Siberia by car.  Part Three

But first, Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

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