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Buzkashi (literally "goat dragging" in Persian) or kokpar is the Central Asian sport in which horse-mounted players attempt to drag a goat or calf carcass toward a goal. It is the national sport of Kyrgyzstan, where it is called "Kok Boru". Traditionally, games could last for several days, but in its more regulated tournament version it has a limited match time....

Karelia, North of Russia. This is a strange, no-man's land. And it doesn't mean there are no men. There are, once in a hundred kilometers there is a village, sometimes even a town. they are all surrounded by vast spaces, dense forests, cold seas and swampy lakes. This is no place for men. Maybe that's why it is here where was born probably most oppressive labour camps system in the world. Remote monastery on Solovetsky Island (surrounded by White Sea,...