A HERMIT PEOPLE
CUT OFF FOR 250 YEARS I ______ It is difficult to imagine at this time of day a community of people who have had no touch with the rest of the world for 250 years. Yet that is what is reported to have been found in exploration*? in Eastern Siberia. It is a community of 38 people, whose ancestors trekked eastward from Russia 250 years aeco. They have kept nn old form of the language and have forgotten the calendar, hut still manage to keep Easter and 'Christmas not far from the right dates. Politically, they het- ; ter both the old Russia ami the new, !■ for. having no king or president, they ) settle all their problems by a majority L -XQtec, - *
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12619, 2 December 1926, Page 11
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123A HERMIT PEOPLE New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12619, 2 December 1926, Page 11
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