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Zofia Pi\u0142asiewicz made her first trip along the rivers of Siberia with a group of friends nearly 20 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u2014<\/a> The first book I read in my life was by Stanis\u0142aw Ossendowski. He was able to infect people with curiosity about the world \u2014 she said on that May evening in the audiovisual room of the Sybir Memorial Museum. I have been sailing and kayaking for years. When the opportunity to travel to Russia arose, we decided to take advantage of this opportunity \u2014 she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why did they choose the Republic of Tuva? \u2014 \u201cOssendowski certainly had an influence on it. Besides, we wanted to go where there are both taiga and rivers. We were interested in nature. We looked at the map and decided. Tuva has taiga, mountains and steppe. Oh, and Tuvan songs! That’s what I associated Tuwa with \u2014 emphasized Pi\u0142asiewicz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 I am fascinated by the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Polish research from that time. In this respect, Siberia owes a lot to Polish exiles, for example geologists. Tomasz Zan, Mickiewicz’s friend, discovered a gold deposit in exile \u2014 said the traveler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 We have been preparing the trip for a year. But we looked at the map and we couldn’t imagine what it would be like there…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eight kayakers from Poland and Belarus, who have had many trips on Polish and Belarusian rivers, embarked on a journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Then they had to take the only road through the taiga to the capital of the republic, Kyzylu on the Yenisei. \u2014 According to a Russian blogger, it is the second ugliest Russian city \u2014Pi\u0142asiewicz laughed. But interestingly, a man approached us in the cafe and asked where we were from. “From Poland”, we replied. \u201cBut from what city?\u201d he asked. “From Bialystok”. And he said, “I know the city, I have been there.” It turned out that he was in a group of Tuvan singers who once gave a concert in Bia\u0142ystok \u2014 she said. \u201cWe thought we’d find a car to get to the river itself. And we found the driver with the car. It turned out that he was doing his military service in\u2026 Grodno. He agreed to take us\u201d \u2014 she said. However, it turned out that due to the mud, it was impossible to get to the very bank of the river. Luggage must be carried on your back. \u2014 And it was heavy, oh, heavy… We were not prepared physically enough \u2014 she admitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To get to the river you had to walk through a dense forest cut by streams. \u2014 Walking in the taiga is not the most pleasant thing \u2014 the traveler admitted. \u2014 I must emphasize the respect I have for the Russian cartographers, who cataloged Siberia in the years of the USSR. We had American satellite photos and Russian maps at our disposal \u2014 and on the latter there were marked zimowla<\/em>, i.e. small hunting cabins, open to everyone. We used them. They can save lives! \u2014 she noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants of the expedition sailed on inflatable catamarans, which they unfolded on the shore and mounted on racks made of freshly cut larches. Rafting on the Ulug-O and Bij-Chem rivers is a total of 220 km of water travel. Fish became our main food. While sailing, we admired the power of nature. In Siberia, it changes very quickly \u2014 Pi\u0142asiewicz pointed out the photos from the expedition presented in the background. \u2014 And Yenisei, this river is magic\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 We met fishermen who caught Siberian taimens with… a mouse. News in this wilderness, despite its small population, spreads quickly. Everyone knew that Poles were sailing, they called to us from the shores, recalled the participant of the expedition. They reached Kyzyl on August 15, when there was a great local holiday \u2014 horse and archery competitions, shamanic ceremonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The memory of Siberian nature was so strong that friends decided to repeat the trip. \u2014 Contact with nature is seductive, we really missed it. And in 2015 I went there again, but alone. To breathe in the taiga, but also because I missed the contact with the local culture while kayaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As admitted by Piotr Pop\u0142awski, PhD, Head of the Department of Educational and Cultural Projects organizing the meeting, due to the current international situation, we are no longer able to travel to many places, such as Russia. “We can only see them in pictures, like today” \u2014 he stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also have books \u2014 for example, “Siberian Dream. A Roadless Tale\u201d by Zofia Pi\u0142asiewicz. \u2014 \u201cI wrote it because I had an urge to do something to get rid of the baggage of emotions accumulated after the expedition\u201d \u2014 she said. After the meeting, there was an opportunity to buy this publication and get the author’s autograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next meeting in the series will be on Thursday, June 15 at 6:00 p.m. The guest of the Museum this time will be Danuta Onyszkiewicz, anthropologist, traveler and photographer, great-granddaughter of J\u00f3zef Pi\u0142sudski. However, it will not be about him, but about his older brother, Bronis\u0142aw. A conspirator, a convict who discovered his scientific vocation in exile and became a researcher of Ainu culture. Thanks to his field research, photos and recordings, he saved this culture from oblivion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In addition, as part of the meeting, we will present our June Exhibit of the Month \u2014 borrowed from Cracow, from the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, an album with original photos taken and described by Bronis\u0142aw Pi\u0142sudski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re welcome! Tickets are already available at the ticket office of the Sybir Memorial Museum and on our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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