Title: The other side of Russia : a slice of life in Siberia and the Russian Far East /
Authors: Hudgins, Sharon.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Hudgins, Sharon Travel Russia (Federation) Siberia.; Siberia (Russia) Description and travel.
Abstract: "Travel to post-Soviet Siberia and the Russian Far East with author Sharon Hudgins as she takes readers on a personal adventure through the Asian side of Russia - an area closed to most Westerners and many Russians prior to the 1990s. Even today, few people from the West have ridden the Trans-Siberian railroad in winter, stood on the frozen surface of Lake Baikal, feasted with the Siberian Buryats, or lived in the "high-rise villages" of Vladivostok and Irkutsk."
Contents: The road to Russia -- Vladivostok : capital of Russia's wild east -- Riding the rails : the Trans-Siberian railroad -- Irkutsk : the Paris of Siberia -- Lake Baikal : the sacred sea of Siberia -- Among the Buryats -- The high-rise village -- Feasts and festivals -- The market economy -- School days -- Farewell to Russia.