Links and Suggestions for Further Reading.

Adoption related links from Buryatia & Mongolia:

BRAFF is a post adoptive support group and benefactor to the children of the
Baikal Region and does not participate in any official adoption proceedings.
Members, however, would love to share their story and experience with others.

Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption (FRUA)
Karen's Adoption Links
Adoption in Wisconsin
International Adoption Clinic

Buryatia, Baikal, and Mongolia: websites and articles:

The Totem Peoples Preservation Project
Totem Project is principally involved in addressing the challenges facing the
semi and full nomadic Buryat, Soyot, Evenk, Toja-Tyvan and Dukha Peoples in
the transboundary Russia-Mongolia region.

Lake Baikal Guidebook
The center for adventure travel has put together a lovely site full of facts about
Baikal and the surrounding area.

Republic of Buryatia
Short history (with pictures) from the Lake Baikal Guidebook.

Republic of Buryatia
A site from Russia with brief sections on the history, culture, science, and
natural environment.

Crossing Borders: Buryat Traditional Music in the Post-Soviet Era

Cultura. Baikal Initiative
A wonderful site highlighting the work of contemporary Siberian artists.

Descendants of the Swan ***
Russian Life ; Nov/Dec2003, Vol. 46 Issue 6, p56, 7p, 1 map, 5c
A recent portrait of Buryatia, from Russian Life magazine.

The world's great lake
National Geographic ; Jun92, Vol. 181 Issue 6, p0, 0p
This is an abstract only. Go to your local library for the full copy.

Mongolia today
an online magazine by two Mongolian journalists "dedicated to the preservation
of the centuries old unique culture of Mongol nomads."

The (best place) last : Nomadism in Mongolia
Economist, 00130613, 12/21/2002, Vol. 365, Issue 8304







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