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surfguy Lounge Wizard Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 6979	Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:21 pm    Post subject: check out these photos http://englishrussia.com/?p=1478#more-1478
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surfguy Lounge Wizard Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 6979	Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:22 pm    Post subject: the above link has really cool photos of Russia...worth a look
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surfguy Lounge Wizard Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 6979	Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:41 pm    Post subject: oops
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StephenB. VIP Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 807	Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:36 pm    Post subject: surfguy wrote: oops Cool pics...it really captures old Russia...I see many pics of the Old Believers...I just lent a book out to a friend called, "Old Believers in Modern Russia"....it gives a history about their communities and how they still keep Russian Orthodox traditions as far back as the 17th century.
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StephenB. VIP Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 807	Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:39 pm    Post subject: Here is information about the Old Believers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Believers
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surfguy Lounge Wizard Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 6979	Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:52 pm    Post subject: awesome...I will research more on them as I am interested now...I guess kind of like our Amish people here
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StephenB. VIP Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 807	Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:27 pm    Post subject: yes in some ways....My friend that lives in Woodburn, OR grew up as an Old Believer on a small Island off the coast of Maine. Woodburn, Oregon has a large population of Old Believers, however, the young kids are becoming more modern and being a thorn on their parents sides..lol...like most teenagers..
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StephenB. VIP Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 807	Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:32 pm    Post subject: here is some nice pictures of Old believers..modern day. http://www.starover.ee/ Hit the Gallery link
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gomer WayToRussified Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 445	Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:59 pm    Post subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogozhskoye_Cemetery I visited this Cemetery in late Spring 2007. They offered guided tours of the grounds and some buildings.
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surfguy Lounge Wizard Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 6979	Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:27 pm    Post subject: This is all very interesting and I wil definitely be researching them in the nex few days...the Oregon Old Believers is very interesting too. It fascinates me because in today's high tech world it must be so hard to live so isolated.
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Garfield Frequent Guest Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 14	Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:40 am    Post subject: More old pictures, see http://www.prokudin-gorsky.ru/database.php3?first=0&sAlbum=&sText=&nAlbum=
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StephenB. VIP Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 807	Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 1:41 pm    Post subject: Cool pictures... ...Also there is an Old Believers Church in PA. http://www.postgazette.com/neigh_washington/20000625waold4.asp
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