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Under My Chum
Author: Nikolai Gernet
Translator: Paul E. Richardson
Russian Life: Jan/Feb 2009
Department: Features
Page: 28 ( 8) pages
Summary: The assignment sounded simple enough: provide medical and cultural support to a small, indigenous population... But it was in the remote Kanin Peninsula, between the Arctic and Barents Seas. Nikolai Gernet nonetheless jumped at the opportunity and brought back this story of the nomadic Nenets reindeer herders.
This article appeared in the Jan/Feb 2009 issue of Russian Life. The text of this article is not available online.
YOU CAN READ THIS ARTICLE by ordering the back issue of Russian Life.
Weblinks related to this story:
- Yasavey Site Site of the organization that organizes cultural and medical aide to the Nenets.