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this is part of the budhist religion. people throw coins at this pillar, or attach some talismans etc. i saw there also 1000 rubles note (almost 30 EURO). strange people, they think the more they offer, the more the god will like them or what ....

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August 28th 2008
Some pics that I could not upload before. almost all of them with comments. at the Ukrainian - Slovak border I got fined 1000 Slovak crowns, which is about 33 euro (on Slovak side). I had 2 cartons of (Marlboro) cigarettes, and allowed is to have just 1. Bastards, I did not expect they will check my backpack that thoroughly. Bastards 😊 So I bought the cigs really "cheap". 1 carton for th ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more

4th October 2010

Obs
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Not aware of such a thing
I'm a budhist. But I've never heard of such practice. Must be a Russian version... And talking about offering to please God. I think you mistook us for other religions (i.e. look at them ravished churches and how much God really likes them)...

31st October 2010

DifferentWorld
Roman&Zuzana

true, to be more specific, it is some kind of mixture with ancient shamanism. http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/08/17/baikal_shamanism_04880.html

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