Art of Siberia

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Valentina Gorbatcheva. Art of Siberia

Introduction

I. Siberia: Geography and History

A. An Inhospitable Climate

B. People in the Wasteland

C. The Trans-Siberian Railway

II. Traditional Daily Life

A. The Routine of Survival

B. Earth and Water

C. Indigenous Clothing

III: Shamanism

Introduction

A. The Shaman

B. Types of Shamans

C. The Accessories of the Shaman

D. The Shaman in Action

The Song of the Shaman (By V.A Dolgounov)

The Peoples of Siberia

Bibliography

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The Lena on the break-up of the ice.

Unfortunately, colonization by incoming cultures has in many cases caused a significant decline in the fortunes of such groups. Confronted with the more destructive aspects of Russian expansion and the Industrial Revolution, both the indigenous cultures and their all-important environment are threatened. As reindeer and fish disappear and the native populations dwindle, we are losing the opportunity to observe these profoundly simple and diverse communities. Those with the fewest numbers today may yet witness for themselves the extinction of their ancestral cultures.

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Oil on canvas, 50 × 39 cm. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

Unknown artist, Portrait of Yermak, early 18th century.

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