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i'm not fully native to siberia, i'm mostly of romani, jewish and tatar descent. although having lived for a while in different parts of siberia, altai krai and krasnoyarsky krai, i'm devastated. xenophobia. the erasure of indigenous cultures - and just cultures that aren't russian. it's everywhere, in every little thing. you'll see a celebration of something and of course there will be a fucking kokoshnik. you'll hear everyone - me, my tatar, evenki, sakha, altaian, tuvan, nenets, kazakh, caucasian, ukrainian, estonian, jewish, insert a non-russian ethnicity friends being all referred to as 'russians'. russian. everything is russian, in the textbooks, in the ads, in the news. the casual xenophobia i hear from everyone. even my family. kids at school bullying an indigenous student. the shaming. "the russia's population is 95% russian, the rest is only small indigenous peoples" - a fucking quote from some guy. people turning away from their cultures in fear of shaming, being pressured into it. don't even get me started on the government.

i've only recently started researching the siberian cultures and mythology, as well as my culture. it's so awesome. i hate that all of it had been pushed away by the state, by the hate and the ignorance.

i hope siberia will be free one day

Thank you very much for taking the time to create this. This is insightful and made me feel a metaphorical hug. You are a part of our community and family and I couldn't agree more. The best solution to combat ignorance is to continue sharing information and to continue placing us on the map. The irony of what people perceive as "only Russian" negates that a lot of Slavic Russians can also be mixed too especially with larger groups such as Tatar or even have a distant Sakha relation if they're in the Eastern region.

We are here and we are continuing to speak up. Thank you for being a part of this action and solution.