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#Stalin's #racism shows in his genocidal deportations, like the #Kalmyk one from #ThisDayInHistory in 1943. Europe's only #Buddhist ethnic group, ~100k were sent to Siberia. 16k died, contributing to recognition of this as #genocide. Most survivors returned after Stalin's death.
Interviewing a #Kalmyk shepherd July 2023, to understand how their #BronzeAge #Indo-European -speaking predecessors might have used the landscape. With archaeologist Natalia Shishlina in the #steppe #archaeology #linguistics #genetics @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social
