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Travels in Siberia, Part 3

Frazier returns to Russia, this time determined to follow in the steps of Kennan (sort of) and make a car trip clear across Siberia.  He hires a Russian guide to help him along.  Very funny section at times; very moving at others.  S The humorous--the car his Russian guide buys to make the trip of 5000 miles over tough terrain is a Renault. Starter fails; generator light comes on, etc., all in the first few days. Russian guides unconcerned; Frazier panicked.The moving:   Siberia as a place of exile during Czar's time and then later during Stalin's time.  Incredible cruelty, bravery. An Alice in Wonderland world where the crime and the punishment often make no sense.  Romanov's slaughter. 



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