The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries AD. According to European tradition, they were first reported living east of the Volga River, in an area that was part of Scythia at the time
Corner of Kőrakás park and Árendás köz, Budapest, 1974. From the Budapest municipal photography company archive.
Vasily A. Prokhorov, 1881: Skeleton of a Scythian queen and her jewelry, found in the Chertomlyk barrow, near Nikopol, Katerynoslavsk Governorate (today, Ukraine).
Lake Baikal’s frozen surface creates distinct sounds, such as booming and popping noises, resulting from the contraction and expansion of the ice sheet due to changes in temperature.
The traditional insulation and decoration within a yurt primarily consists of pattern-based woollen felted rugs. These patterns are generally not according to taste, but are derived from sacred ornaments with certain symbolism. Symbols representing strength are, for instance, the temdeg or khas (swastika), the four powerful beasts (lion, tiger, garuda – a kind of avian, and dragon), as well as stylized representations of the four elements (fire, water, earth, and air), considered to be the fundamental, unchanging elements of the cosmos. Such patterns are commonly used in the home with the belief that they will bring strength and offer protection.
An historico-geographical description of the north and eastern parts of Europe and Asia; but more particularly of Russia, Siberia, and Great Tartary both in their ancient and modern state: together with an entire new polyglot-table of the dialects of 32 Tartarian nations: and a vocabulary of the Kalmuck-Mungalian tongue
by Strahlenberg, Philipp Johann von, 1676-1747, archive (pdf, txt)
It’s good to contemplate the charming spring in Omsk from the window with a cup of cannabis tea, when the snow sinks into the ground every hour, mixing into chocolate mousse ■D\(^^ )