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Identifier: provincialrussia00stewuoft (find matches)
Title: Provincial Russia
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Stewart, Hugh, 1884-1934 De Haenen, F
Subjects: Russia
Publisher: London : A. and C. Black
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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t justruns from him, the little pigeon, in floods! Andyou should see the chains on him, what like theybe—terrible ! * God bless! God bless ! the voice startedagain. A, Akulina, Akulinushka, friend ! Andwhere is our paradise—our beautiful paradise ! . . .In the desert is our paradise . . . our paradise. . . .And this house at the beginning of the world—great happiness—oh-oh-oh ! The voice mutteredsomething indistinctly; then after a long yawnthere was another burst of hoarse laughter. Thislaughter broke out every time as if involuntarily,and every time was followed by angry expectora-tion. Ech ma ! The masters not here ! There isour grief, then, the woman of the house sighed. Hell say some saving word, and me a woman, itwill not stay in my head ! Several causes have contributed to make thenorthern peasant more energetic and independent—not for any barin will he doff his hat!—thanthe moujik of the centre. A large proportion ofthe population are sectarians, descendants of the
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jT^i ^*»~^^ SELLING THE SACRED FIRE: PILGRIM RETURXING FROM JERUSALEM THE iNORTH 27 old Raskolniks, who are invariably more in-dustrious, self-reliant, and provident, than theadherents of the Orthodox Church. They have,too, in their veins much of the dour, determinedFinnish blood that gave rise to the proverb : Burna Karelian, and after three years hes not in ashes !Being on Government land, they escaped the de-moralizing conditions that accompanied privateserf-ovirnership. Something is also due here, as inSiberia, to the influence and propaganda of politicalexiles. Lastly, a great number of them are notso much agriculturists as trappers, hunters, andfishermen, a stalwart race inured to privations anddangers on flood and in forest. Several authoritiessee in these northern peasants the strongest branchof the Russian race. In manners they are simple,unsophisticated, and hospitable. In educationthey are backward, and this explains why therestill linger with them dresses, customs, and so

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