Author Archives: Ron Pavellas
Quick! What’s the Ninth Largest Country in Area?
Wrong! (Probably). Why am I asking you this? Because a few months ago, while visiting Johannes & Anna in Uppsala, Eva and I met a married couple who came to Sweden a number of years ago, one from Moscow and … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, Geology
Tagged Caspian Sea, China, Genghis Khan, Karachaganak Field, Kazakh Khanate, Kazakhs, Kazakhstan, Russian Empire, Soviet "Virgin Lands" program
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The Rational versus The Non-rational
Two books read, and not for the first time: I have read Steppenwolf no less than three times, and each time I feel like I am reading it anew. I almost never expect it, yet it is true that I … Continue reading
The Pavellas Perspective 