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Halleluiah, I'm no longer on the Trail of Genghis Khan. Three days into the discussion and I've finally finished it.
This wasn't the easiest book to read, but one I'm glad I did read, for it gave me a perspective I wouldn't have had otherwise into a totally foreign culture, a people who aren't a part of my everyday experience, and the daily struggles of people who have known Soviet domination and even today suffer discrimination from the current generation of Russians and others.
And please don't think I'm assuming the high road when I speak of the way some Russians discriminate against indigenous cultures. As a U.S. citizen, I'm well aware of our own shortcomings in respect to other cultures and even the discriminatory practices directed toward those indigenous peoples who were here long before Europeans claimed this land for King and Country.
This was an intense book.
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