Rüdiger BenninghausFeb 10
A few preserved gravestones with Russian inscriptions near Kars (eastern Turkey). They probably belonged to members of the Molokan and/or Dukhobor sects, a few of whom still live in the province today. The area around Kars was occupied by Russia from 1878 to 1918. Tsarist Russia also settled Germans and Estonians there, among others.
(September 2012)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Grabsteine, #gravestones, #Russians, #Molokans, #Dukhobors, #Kars, #Turkey, #Türkei
Show threadmostaleohtDec 11, 2022

2) Many Russian-speakers that are technically #Russian ethnically, never identified with the #Muscovy / #Empire. Whole sub-ethnicities were persecuted and ran from it (think #OldBelievers, #Molokans, #Dukhobors, #Pomors, #Novgorod, you name it).

Inspired by this recent thread by Galeev that is surprisingly not bad, and shares some telling and in my opinion representative stories about defending his own #Tatar identity:
https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1601601620181422081

Kamil Galeev on Twitter

“National Divorce: Q and A In this thread I am going to cover some of the more common misconceptions about the current state of affairs in Russia and potential scenarios of its breakup. I am going to start with the most common objection: "Isn't Russia like 80% ethnic Russian?"🧵”

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