May/June 2001
Editor's Note
Saving the Past
On the Trail of Lost Art
Historian Lynn H. Nichols talks about the theft of European treasures in
World War II with William R. Ferris.
A Lens on Russia's North
A photographer documents neglected churches in the Arkhangelsk
Province. By William C. Brumfield
In the Mouth of the Crocodile
A cache of ancient papyri goes online. By Paulette W. Campbell
Across the Bering Strait
A Living Heritage : The Alutiiq Story
Alaskan natives reflect on Russian colonization and indigenous
identity in a new exhibition. By Tina Pamintuan
All the World's a Frontier
Cossacks became cowboys in Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
By Thomas M. Barrett
Fleeing Revoluation
White Russians, academics, and others found an unlikely path to freedom.
By Maggie Riechers
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