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Iris Sibirica

Inger Krüger

Communication Siberia Det Store Nordiske Telegrafselskab

These nostalgic memoirs, named after the blue spring flower of the Siberian step, are written by the almost octogenarian I.K. They cover a period in the early 1900s, before the Russian revolution, when she lived as a teenager in Siberia. Her father was employed by the Great Northern Telegraph Company (Store Nordiske Telegrafselskab A/S) and was posted in Ulaanbataar in Mongolia and then in Irkutsk, in Siberia. The author describes her 7 years in Irkutsk, provides insights into the local customs and practices, offers a glimpse of the shifts in nature shifts and takes the reader on trips to Mongolia and China. The printed book is illustrated.