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  2. Sybirak - Wikipedia

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    Farewell to Europe, by Aleksander Sochaczewski.. A sybirak (Polish:, plural: sybiracy) is a person resettled to Siberia. [1] Like its Russian counterpart sibiryák, the word can refer to any dweller of Siberia, but it more specifically refers to Poles imprisoned or exiled to Siberia [2] [need quotation to verify] or even to those sent to the Russian Arctic or to Kazakhstan [3] in the 1940s ...

  3. Edward Snowden asylum in Russia - Wikipedia

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    The White House stated that it was "extremely disappointed," and cancelled a previously scheduled meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Additionally, Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham urged President Obama to boycott the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , but House Speaker John Boehner , also a Republican, rejected that ...

  4. History of Siberia - Wikipedia

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    Siberia in 1636 The 17th-century tower of Yakutsk fort. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Russian people who migrated into Siberia were hunters, and those who had escaped from Central Russia: fugitive peasants in search for life free of serfdom, fugitive convicts, and Old Believers. The new settlements of Russian people and the existing local ...

  5. The Siberian Curse - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, John Dolan, writing for The eXile, described the book as a "classic California-style real-estate scam" built on overly-simplistic "fake math" social science, aiming in his eyes to convince Russians that Siberia was worthless so that "corrupt developers" could buy it up at low prices.

  6. Why was a major reservoir empty when L.A. fires broke out? - AOL

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    The agency's statement suggested that the fact the reservoir was empty for nearly a year was in part due to the process of contracting a company to carry out the repairs.

  7. House of Siberia - Wikipedia

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    The House of Sibirsky (Russian: Сибирский, pl. Сибирские) was the foremost of many Genghisid families formerly living in Russia. It traced its descent from Kuchum , the last of the Siberian khans .

  8. Why were there so many empty seats at the Democratic ... - AOL

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    Empty seats are seen as the crowd begins to fill in during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug 19, 2024. "We sat and sat and got within two blocks of ...

  9. Russian conquest of Siberia - Wikipedia

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    1587 - Tobolsk was founded on the Irtysh, which later became the "Capital of Siberia" 1590 - the first decree on the resettlement of the Russian population in Siberia (35 "arable people" from Solvychegodsk district "with their wives and children and with all the estate" were sent to settle in Siberia) 1593 - Berezov founded