Tag: Bolshevism
Beasts, Men, Gods
Ferdinand Ossendowski's travel report through Central Asia is a precious testimony of the geopolitical upheavals of the early 900s, but what emerges above all are the "magical" beliefs andย the atavistic superstitions of the Himalayan highlands.
Journey to Mongolia: the confessions of Bolod the Buryat
Our second travel report, for friends of de The sign, on Mongolia: from shamanic cults to the Empire of Genghis Khan, from Buddhist Lamaism to Soviet domination
Von Ungern-Sternberg's religiosity: between Buddhism, shamanism and Christianity
di Amodio of War
There are characters that history puts on the back burner.ย The Great History, the one with a capital "S", the one taught at school, high school, university, marginalizes, forgets, excludes these characters.ย I have never found the name of Roman Fรซdoroviฤ Nicolaus von Ungern-Sternberg in those โfashionableโ encyclopedias, in โofficialโ books, in university manuals. When we talk about the Russian Civil War, and especially the White Army, the names of the admiral are always mentioned Kolchak, of the generals Vrangel ', Kornilov, Denikin, but I have never heard of the name "von Ungern-Sternberg".