First Russia, Then Tibet Byron Robert
First Russia, Then Tibet Byron Robert Over the course of several months during 1931 and 1932, Robert Byron journeyed to three countries teetering on the brink of change. Having taken the first…
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First Russia, Then Tibet Byron Robert
Over the course of several months during 1931 and 1932, Robert Byron journeyed to three countries teetering on the brink of change. Having taken the first commercial flight to India, which took an astounding seven days, Byron was thrown into the tumultuous last years of the British Raj. In Russia, which was stricken by famine, Lenin had just died, Stalin's dictatorship was in its infancy and the Great Terror had yet to begin.
Finally Byron entered Tibet, the forbidden country. Gandhi was imprisoned, while rioting and clashes between Hindus and Muslims had become commonplace. Exploring "The Land of Snows," he saw Tibet as it was when the then Dalai Lama was still ensconced in the Potala Palace, twenty years before China's invasion.
First Russia, Then Tibet is an invaluable first-hand account of transformative moments in periods of change and
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