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01795aam#a2200337#i#4500 001 18AD7E60F63811EE80258AC022ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240409010228 006 a###########000#0# 007 t| 008 240408s2023 ##############000#0#eng#d 020 $a 1365304051 020 $a 9781365304057 040 $b eng $e rda $d SILO 082 $a 947.084 084 $a 947.084 $b BYR 100 1 $a Byron, Robert, $d 1905-1941. 245 10 $a First Russia, then Tibet $h [Book] / $c Robert Byron. 264 1 $a s.l. : $b Tibet Books, $c 2023. 300 $a 204 pages ; $c 23 cm. 365 $a 01 $b 25.00 500 $a First published in 1933. 520 $a Over the course of several months during 1931 and 1932, Robert Byron journeyed to three countries teetering on the brink of change. In Russia, which was stricken by famine, Lenin had just died, Stalins dictatorship was in its infancy and the Great Terror had yet to begin. 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. Gandhi was imprisoned, while rioting and clashes between Hindus and Muslims had become commonplace. Finally, Byron entered Tibet, the forbidden country. 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 Chinas invasion. First Russia, Then Tibet is an invaluable first-hand account of transformative moments in periods of change and upheaval. 521 $a #. 650 0 $a Travel $x History. 651 0 $a Russia $x History. 651 0 $a India $x History. 651 0 $a Tibet. 941 $a 1 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20240409060610.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=18AD7E60F63811EE80258AC022ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search