A family from Beryozovka village in the Tomsk Region's Pervomaisky District: Arvis Abner, left, Oskar Abner, center, and Larisa Abner, right, in the kitchen of their house. Estonians have been living here since the early 20th century. Many of their parents were accused of being kulaks [rich peasants] and purged, subsequently leaving their homeland and sailing to Siberia on rafts along the Chulym River. Their descendants have been preserving Estonian cultural traditions all these years.
- Package: "Little Estonia" in Russia's Siberia
- Categories: Lifestyle & Leisure
- Location: Tomsk Region, Russia
- Event date: 25.03.2009
- Date published: 30.03.2009
- Author: Valery Titievsky
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3504x2336px, 1.3Mb