Indian tourists visited Vologda Region in Russia

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Dear friends,

 

In 1993 a group of Indian tourists visited Vologda Region in Russia under the

patronage of TATA and Russian company SEVERSTAL located in Vologda Region.

 

These Indian people paid a visit to place called OPOKI that is 70 km. away from

old Russian town Veliky Ustug (in Vologda Region). They told the local

representatives that OPOKI was described in the Indian Holly Texts and that it

was where their distant ancestors used to live. We suppose they were among

Arian tribes moved from modern Russia (Eastern Europe) to Northern India in

approximately 2000 BC.

 

We have a strong wish to meet these Indian people in order to get more

information about it. We have applied to TATA but unfortunately, they have not

found the names and contact details of these people since 14 years have passed.

 

Since the year of 2008 is officially announced to be the Year of Russia in

India, and 2009 - the Year of India in Russia, we believe that is very important

to scientifically check this version and to find the people from Indian

delegation that visited OPOKI in 1993.

 

We will appreciate your help or advise.

 

Yours faithfully,

Indira Gazieva

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

INDOLOGY , ÉÎÄÉÒÁ ÇÁÚÉÅ×Á <i_gazieva

wrote:

 

 

> In 1993 a group of Indian tourists visited Vologda Region in

> Russia under the patronage of TATA and Russian company SEVERSTAL

> located in Vologda Region. These Indian people paid a visit to

> place called OPOKI that is 70 km. away from old Russian town

> Veliky Ustug (in Vologda Region). They told the local

> representatives that OPOKI was described in the Indian Holy Texts

> and that it was where their distant ancestors used to live. We

> suppose they were among Arian tribes moved from modern Russia

> (Eastern Europe) to Northern India in approximately 2000 BC.

 

 

Mmmh... Aryan (= Indo-Iranian?) speakers in 2000 BCE north-western

Russia (see the location of Vologda on the map at

<http://tinyurl.com/2bj4jn>)? Very unlikely. Too far north!

 

Perhaps those Indian tourists had been influenced by the reading of

L.B.G. Tilak's _The Arctic Home in the Vedas_ (Poona 1903)? The

latter book can be freely downloaded at

 

http://www.vaidilute.com/books/tilak/tilak-contents.html

 

Best wishes,

Francesco Brighenti