Posted on December 10, 2008 by oprishki
Travels Through Several Provinces of the Russian Empire: With an Historical Account of the Zaporog Cossacks, and of Bessarabia, Moldavia, Wallachia and the Crimea
By Pierce Balthasar Campenhausen, Freiherr von Pierce Balthasar Campenhausen
Published by Printed for Richard Phillips, by J.G. Barnard, 1808
The external appearance of the Wallachians, forms a
singular contrast with the state of degradation in [...]
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Posted on November 8, 2008 by oprishki
Follow this link to learn more about Moravian Vlachs.
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Posted on November 7, 2008 by oprishki
If the Kanasz possesses a hut made out of branches, the brigand becomes his companion for the night. His relations with refugees and vagabonds of the forest are the result of circumstances ; he is their spy, their sentinel. In return for his services the brigands respect the animals he guards, and for which [...]
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Posted on May 17, 2008 by oprishki
(Just to illustrate that the Carpathian axe culture was alive and well in Romania during the 19th century, I have made this post. The 1st picture I have posted with this little historical tidbit was titled balkan axe years ago when I snatched it from the web from some forgotten site. The second is an [...]
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