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A Journey Into Russia
Contributor(s): Mühling, Jens (Author), Hayworth, Eugene H. (Translator)

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ISBN: 190797394X     ISBN-13: 9781907973949
Publisher: Haus Pub.
OUR PRICE: $21.21  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: March 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Russia
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues
- History | Social History
Dewey: 914.704
Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.96" W x 8.57" L (0.95 lbs) 275 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Russia
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When German journalist Jens M hling met Juri, a Russian television producer selling stories about his homeland, he was mesmerized by what he heard: the real Russia and Ukraine were more unbelievable than anything he could have invented. The encounter changed M hling's life, triggering a number of journeys to Ukraine and deep into the Russian heartland on a quest for stories of ordinary and extraordinary people. Away from the bright lights of Moscow, M hling met and befriended a Dostoevskian cast of characters, including a hermit from Tayga who had only recently discovered the existence of a world beyond the woods, a Ukrainian Cossack who defaced the statue of Lenin in central Kiev, and a priest who insisted on returning to Chernobyl to preach to the stubborn few determined to remain in the exclusion zone.

Unveiling a portion of the world whose contradictions, attractions, and absurdities are still largely unknown to people outside its borders, A Journey into Russia is a much-needed glimpse into one of today's most significant regions.


Contributor Bio(s): Muhling, Jens: - Jens Mühling was the editor of a German newspaper in Moscow for two years and has worked for the Berlin newspaper, Der Tagesspiegel, since 2005. He has won numerous awards for his features and essays on Eastern Europe.Hayworth, Eugene H.: - Eugene H. Hayworth is the translator of several works of contemporary German fiction and nonfiction, including Jen's Mühling's A Journey into Russia.
 
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