| Testament of Memory: A Siberian Life Contributor(s): Chevalkov, Mikhail (Author), Warden, John (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0884651843 ISBN-13: 9780884651840 Publisher: Printshop of St Job of Pochaev OUR PRICE: $9.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - Biography & Autobiography - Religion | Christianity - Orthodox |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2010940794 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.9" W x 6.9" (0.35 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A remarkably simple and yet profoundly deep narrative, this translation is an introduction to the remote world of the 19th-century Altai: a mountainous region of southern Siberia possessing unique flora and fauna and peaks rising to nearly 15,000 feet. Native Altai tribesman Mikhail Chelvalkov vividly describes the physical beauty of the region while chronicling many of the encounters that took place throughout his life as the population transformed from competing nomadic pagan tribes to a settled and harmonious Orthodox Christian culture. One of the first native disciples of the Russian Orthodox missionary priest Makarii Glukharev--who was made a saint in AD 2000--Chelvalkov's testament provides invaluable insights for students of Christian mission, ethnography, geography, and botany. |