Pure as Mother's Milk: The Malakans of Armenia

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PURE AS MOTHER'S MILK: The Malakans of Armenia

At the domicile 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 prepare by fermentations on a golden samovar. Dozens of
home-made saucepans of jam are meticulously arranged upon shelves.

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