À propos d’un curieux phénomène d’hystérie collective en Égypte. 1 Avec la collaboration de Nora Lafi, traductrice du dossier de presse sur lequel s'appuie ce travai (...) 2 Respectivement al-Cha'b du 6104, October au 11/04 et al-Ahali du 14/04/93. La confusion n'épargner (...) 3 October, 11/04 ou al-Cha'b, 13/04, d'une part ; al-Ahrâm, 10/04 ou al-Ahali, 14/04 d'autre part. (...) 1Est-ce bien le mercredi 31 mars 1993 au collège de Tabur du village de Ficha1, dans le gouvernorat de Beheira, que tout a commencé, comme l'affirme l'hebdomadaire al-Cha'b, ou le jeudi 1er avril à l'Ecole de commerce de Bayut, dans le même gouvernorat, comme le prétendent d'autres journaux2 ?
Est-ce Farhana Cha'ban, 13 ans, étudiante à Bayut, ou bien Sanâ, 15 ans, originaire du district de Rahmania3 qui, victime de la première syncope, est à l'origine de la mystérieuse épidémie qui a secoué l'Égypte deux semaines durant en avril 1993? 4 Cette estimation imprécise est tirée des chiffres donnés par la presse, en l'absence de décompte o (...) Valley of Death | Fortean Bureau of Investigation. The Siberian taiga is a vast stretch of mainly barren coniferous forest as unspoiled and unexplored as the Amazon jungle, and more than 100,000 sq km in western Yakutia are completely uninhabited. Devoid of any sort of trails, the terrain is mostly thick forest, full of uprooted trees, sprawling swamps and swarms of mosquitoes. In short, it's an ancient wildwood - an ideal setting for myths and legends about strange creatures and anomalous zones where bizarre things happen.
Even the local wild man - Chuchuna - is far from exceptional here, and the most fascinating mystery of all is a strange legend about a terrible 'Valley of Death' filled with unnatural, dome-shaped structures. Local traditions record that lone hunters from the nomadic Evenks and other Yakutians who wander into these weird valleys - there could be more than one - have described odd hemispherical 'iron houses' (kheldyu) that proturude from the perpetually frozen ground. “I found some thing!” Siberian Yeti? Siberian Mythology - Myth Encyclopedia - god, story, names, tree, animal, norse, world, creation, life, hero, king. Siberia is a vast region in northern Asia, stretching from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. To the north lies the Arctic Ocean; to the south lie Mongolia, China, and Central Asia. European Russians have been settling in Siberia for several centuries, but the region's original inhabitants were hunting, fishing, and herding peoples whose cultures were related to those of other northern groups, such as the Inuit of North America.
Siberian mythology and religion reflected a world in which humans depended on and respected animals, believing that the animals had spirits and could change form. Elements of Mythology. Traditionally, Siberians viewed the world as the middle realm—or region—in a series of three, five, or seven worlds that were stacked one on top of the other. As in many belief systems, the realms above belonged to good gods and spirits, those below to evil ones. Shamans held a central role in Siberian religion and mythology. Core Myths. Stanovoy Range. The Stanovoys are the eastern part of the high country running from Lake Baikal to the Pacific The Stanovoy Range (Russian: Станово́й хребе́т, Chinese: 外興安嶺 Wài xìng'ān lǐng), or Outer Khingan Range is a mountain range located in southeastern parts of the Russian Far East. It runs south-west to north-east for over 900km, from the Olyokma River in the west, to the Uchur River in the east.[1] almost to the Sea of Okhotsk. It separates the watershed of the Arctic Ocean (via the Lena) from that of the Pacific Ocean (via the Amur).
For this reason, it was the border between Russia and China from 1689 (Treaty of Nerchinsk) to 1858 (Treaty of Aigun). It is about 725 km long. The Yablonovy Range may be considered a southwestern extension of the Stavonoy. References[edit] External links[edit] Stanovoi on Peakware Coordinates: The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Difussion of Useful Knowledge. Ancient spirit and might preserved by indigenous people of Altay. Ancient spirit and might preserved by indigenous people of Altay. Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal (Russian: о́зеро Байка́л, tr. Ozero Baykal, IPA: [ˈozʲɪrə bɐjˈkal]; Buryat: Байгал нуур, Mongolian: Байгал нуур, Baygal nuur, meaning "nature lake";[3]) is a rift lake in the south of the Russian region of Siberia, between the Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast. Lake Baikal is the freshwater lake with greatest volume in the world, containing roughly 20% of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water,[4][5] and at 1,642 m (5,387 ft),[1] the deepest.[6] It is also among the clearest[7] of all lakes, and thought to be the world's oldest lake[8] at 25 million years.[9] It is the 7th largest lake in the world by surface area.
Like Lake Tanganyika, Lake Baikal was formed as an ancient rift valley, having the typical long crescent shape with a surface area of 31,722 km2 (12,248 sq mi). Geography and hydrography[edit] Baikal's age is estimated at 25–30 million years, making it one of the most ancient lakes in geological history. History[edit] Afanasy Nikitin. Statue of Afanasy Nikitin in Tver Afanasy Nikitin (Афана́сий Ники́тин in Russian) (died 1472) was a Russian merchant and one of the first Europeans (after Niccolò de' Conti) to travel to and document his visit to India.
He described his trip in a narrative known as The Journey Beyond Three Seas (Khozheniye za tri morya). The voyage[edit] In 1466, Nikitin left his hometown of Tver on a commercial trip to India. He travelled down the Volga River, reached Derbent, then Baku and later Persia by crossing the Caspian Sea, where he would live for one year. In the spring of 1469, Nikitin arrived at the city of Ormus and then, crossing the Arabian Sea, reached the sultanate of Bahmani, where he would live for 3 years. On his way back, Nikitin visited Muscat, the Arabian sultanate of Fartak, Somalia and Trabzon, and in 1472 arrived at Feodosiya by crossing the Black Sea. Nikitin, Christianity, and Islam[edit] Nikitin in modern memory[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] Vassili Poyarkov. Vassili Danilovich Poyarkov (Василий Данилович Поярков in Russian, ? - after 1668) was the first Russian explorer of the Amur region.
The Russian expansion into Siberia began with the conquest of the Khanate of Sibir in 1582. By 1643 they reached the Pacific at Okhotsk. East of the Yenisei River there was little land fit for agriculture, except Dauria, the land between the Stanovoy Mountains and the Amur River which was nominally controlled by China.
Poyarkov was sent to explore this land. In 1640 he was in Yakutsk as pismenyy golova (roughly, in charge of records and correspondence). By the spring of 1644 only forty of his men were left alive. Like so many men who helped conquer Siberia, Poyarkov received no reward. References[edit] Jump up ^ W Bruce Lincoln, 'The Conquest of a Continent',page 65, citing Akheograficheskaya Kommissia,'Dopolneniia k Aktam Istoricheskim', St Petersburg 1846-72, III, document 12, pp. 52-60 Sources[edit] W.
Irkutsk. History[edit] Irkutsk Castle in 1735 In the early 19th century, many Russian artists, officers, and nobles were sent into exile in Siberia for their part in the Decembrist revolt against Tsar Nicholas I. Irkutsk became the major center of intellectual and social life for these exiles, and much of the city's cultural heritage comes from them; many of their wooden houses, adorned with ornate, hand-carved decorations, survive today, in stark contrast with the standard Soviet apartment blocks that surround them. Epiphany Cathedral and central Irkutsk in 1865 By the end of the 19th century, there was one exiled man for every two locals. People of varying backgrounds, from members of the Decembrist uprising to Bolsheviks, have been in Irkutsk for many years and have greatly influenced the culture and development of the city.
As a result, Irkutsk eventually became a prosperous cultural and educational center in Eastern Siberia. Irkutsk in 1918 Epiphany Cathedral (built in 1718–1746) Geography[edit] Lake Baikal.