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PURE AS MOTHER'S MILK: The Malakans of Armenia

At the hearth of Nicolai and Maria Minassayev in Fialetovo, just 40
miles from Yerevan, the borscht is slowly cooking in a black cast-
iron cauldron, while the tea make beers on a golden samovar. Dozens of
home-made skillets of jam are meticulously arranged forward shelves.

Nicolai and Maria belong to the Russian denomination known as Malakans. Exiled
from their homeland from Queen Catherine II, Malakans have lived in
Armenia since the beginning of the 19th hundred Despite their long
history in Armenia, in the greatest degree have managed to preserve Russian traditions

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