Russian Pagans Continue Ancient Traditions – The New York Times

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Russian Pagans Continue Ancient Traditions

Over the past four years, Tatiana Plotnikova has photographed Russian Pagans who follow their ancestors’ traditions in the Mari El Republic.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/19/russian-pagans-continue-ancient-traditions/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog

Tatiana Plotnikova, a Russian photographer, has documented some of the most sacred Pagan sites near isolated villages in the Mari El Republic, along the Volga River. She has made several trips since 2011, when she first encountered the Mari Pagans while on assignment for Russian Reporter magazine.