Digest for 94-12-09
Dear Friends,
We wish to report some great news for the 'Friends and Partners' effort.
Last weekend, we received official notice of a $56,000 grant from the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to make possible the
installation of a high speed digital Internet line from Pushchino to
Moscow (and from there to the rest of the Internet). Natasha and I
submitted the grant application in October and learned just last weekend
that the proposal had been funded. This will make it possible to open up
access to the mirror server in Pushchino and will facilitate many other
collaborative initiatives begun for 'Friends and Partners' and for work
between the University of Tennessee and the Biological Center in
Pushchino. We are most grateful to NATO for support of this effort and
look forward to announcing the new network line soon.
We also learned last week that Sun Microsystems, Inc. is shipping to
Pushchino a Sun SPARC 5 server that will help enormously in our 'Friends
and Partners' WWW and other information publishing activities. We wish
to thank Sun for their continued support of this effort.
Well, after a very hurried 3 weeks together in Pushchino and Moscow, we are
now back at our respective homes in Pushchino and Knoxville and ready to
return to a more routine schedule. We have felt badly about not being able
to keep up with the digest during the past several days but our schedule
and occasional lack of network access made it very difficult. We will get
back to our twice-weekly posting next week. This issue should catch us up
with all recent email sent to the list.
Many thanks to all who participated in last week's IRC session with Leonid
Yarmolnik -- held as part of the Internet Conference for Higher Education
in Moscow. Despite all sorts of technical 'challenges', the event was a
great success (and a lot of fun!). Our most sincere thanks to Belcom and
Kenny Schaffer for inviting our participation in the two Internet
conferences held in Moscow last week. A lot of good relationships were
initiated that we feel will be most helpful to our continuing efforts
(and we had a great time too!).
Table of Contents
RECENT EMAIL . . .
#01-09 December 94 Sender: Martel Paul C (pcm2507@usl.edu)
Subject: Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
#02-09 December 94 Sender: E316_84@cwu.edu (Tony Engebretson)
Subject: Is anybody out there?
#03-09 December 94 Sender: David Zlotchenko (zlotchen@solar.rtd.utk.edu)
Subject: Why to learn how to cook
#04-09 December 94 Sender: whiter@obu.arknet.edu
Subject: internet access in Kazakhstan
#05-09 December 94 Sender: Richard Silverman - Kirtland Community College
(silvermr@mlc.lib.mi.us)
Subject: contacting college officials in
Ukraine & Uzbekistan & Russia
#06-09 December 94 Sender: "Michael V. Smith" (gaia@iac.net)
Subject: LETTERS FROM SARAJEVO!
#07-09 December 94 Sender: Eric Fenster (efenster@igc.apc.org)
Subject: Concerning Moscow study trips
#08-09 December 94 Sender: "Ilya Nikiforov" (ivn@po.cwru.edu)
Subject: summer law school in St.Petersburg Russia
#09-09 December 94 Sender: DPHIL@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: University of Arizona programs in Russia
#10-09 December 94 Sender: "Sally Miller" (mille157@maroon.tc.umn.edu)
Subject:
#11-09 December 94 Sender: Angela Meyer (ALM@chemonics.com)
Subject: Position available
#12-09 December 94 Sender: "Andrey I. Tarasenko" (post@kassi.nsu.nsk.su)
Subject: Program Invitation
#13-09 December 94 Sender: Center for Civil Society International
(ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Subject: Sports club in Kazan seeks contacts
#14-09 December 94 Sender: Center for Civil Society International
(ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Subject: Posted Articles
#15-09 December 94 Sender: "Andrey I. Tarasenko" (post@kassi.nsu.nsk.su)
Subject: Novosibirsk State University invitation
#16-09 December 94 Sender: Brent McCunn (bmccunn@werple.apana.org.au)
Subject: Research trips to Russia
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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E-MAIL POSTINGS . . .
Please continue to send your e-mail to friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
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Sender: Martel Paul C (pcm2507@usl.edu)
Subject: Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
Dear Friends,
I have a friend who is in need of information about verbal and non-verbal
communication in Russia. Where can I find this type of information? Any
advice or help will be appreciated.
Thank you,
Paul Martel
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Sender: E316_84@cwu.edu (Tony Engebretson)
Subject: Is anybody out there?
Greetings All,
I am wondering if the Friends Digest still exists. I haven't gotten one
since 11-21-94. Maybe it is only because of the holiday past. I miss it.
Regards,
Tony
Albert Anton "Tony" Engebretson
404 S. Sprague
Ellensburg, WA 98926 "Able was I ere I saw Elba"
509-962-2534
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Sender: David Zlotchenko (zlotchen@solar.rtd.utk.edu)
Subject: Why to learn how to cook
This is an extraction from a wondeful Yugolslavian recipe site. The site
is maintained by probably a husband and a wife living currently in
different countries. Therefor, the short prowerb sounds especially funny.
Here it is:
Kad zzena ne kuva, deca beze babi!
A muzz je u svakom pogledu, sve slab'i.
Zato ucci kuvat'-Ad' ches zdrava biti,
Za muzem i decom - srechnije zziveti!
When a wife doesn't cook, children run Grandma!
The husband in every respect, weaknes
Therefore learn to cook, if healthy you'd be
With husband and children - happier to be!
The URL for this site are
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/research/lpv/YU/HTML/food_apetizers.html
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/research/lpv/YU/HTML/food.html
Regards, David Zlotchenko
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Sender: whiter@obu.arknet.edu
Subject: internet access in Kazakhstan
I am a student at a small, private university in southern Arkansas. Next
semester (Jan-May 1995), I will be studying on exchange in Almaty,
Kazakhstan. I was wondering if there is any way for me to access the
internet from Almaty. In the past, students who have gone on this exchange
have tried to rely on faxes in order to communicate with their families
back in the States. However, faxes are not only expensive, they have also
proven to be unreliable. I am in hopes that I can avoid both the expense
and unreliability of faxes by using the internet.
If anyone has any information concerning internet availability in the
former USSR, (especially Kazakhstan), please let me know.
Thank you,
Rix White
whiter@obu.arknet.edu
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Sender: Richard Silverman - Kirtland Community College
(silvermr@mlc.lib.mi.us)
Subject: contacting college officials in Ukraine & Uzbekistan & Russia
I'm the dean of instructional services at Kirtland Community College in
Roscommon, Michigan, U.S.A. This summer I'll be traveling in Ukraine
(Lviv, Odessa, Yalta), Uzbekistan (Bukara, Samarkand), and Russia
(Irkutsk) between June 15 and August 1. During this time, I'd be
interested in contacting college officials in any of these cities to
discuss the possibility of student exchanges, faculty exchanges, and
creative educational/research uses of the Internet. Could someone
please give me the names of some appropriate college administrators or
faculty to contact in these cities, and explain how I can contact them.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Rich Silverman
Dean of Instruction
Kirtland Community College
silvermr@mlc.lib.mi.us
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Sender: "Michael V. Smith" (gaia@iac.net)
Subject: LETTERS FROM SARAJEVO!
August 29, 1994
THE TRUTH ABOUT BOSNIA
When you have a peace, and military politics turns it into war,
when you live a normal human life, and politics turns it into dog's
life, when you understand that you are ex-person, and the "moving
target", when you understand that you are just a number for
political statistics, you must ask: Do human beings have a right to
know truth?
Who in the USA could accept an idea of dividing the City of New
York by separating citizens of New York by English, French and
German pedigree, or by the race. Only such a person can accept
ethnic cleansing in the Bosnia i Herzegovina!
For majority of Bosnians there was no difference among ethnic
groups before this dirty war started in May 1992. One quarter of
Bosnian population came from ethnically mixed marriages. In
fourteen century this area was called "REFUGIUM HERETICORUM "
(refuge of the heretics). There are many similarities with U.S.A.
and Bosnia was always the most pluralistic and progressive area in
the region (remember the enthusiasm of the 1984 Olympics in
Sarajevo, which are a testimony of the unity of Bosnian people).
The purported national animosity (written about in Western media)
is only the story for naive people. In reality, it was the Serbian
officers and strong group of the Milosevic's regime which abused
Serbian people in starting the war in order to keep governmental
positions. Their media talk about some kind of Yugoslavia with
intention to impose Serbian military dictatorship, in reality looks
like nazi project of Househofer theory: "The countering living
area...".
Many of nazi methods are adopted by former communists to manipulate
human fears, isolations, exiles and suffering and it was used in
this dirty war for the governmental positions. The shooting at
assembled innocent people on April 5, 1992 in Sarajevo is continued
today. It is not a " civil war " it is only a war against
civilians, with the sole reason to establish military dictatorship.
The Western countries must stop it. If someone has the MIGHT-
AND-RIGHT to recognize the statehood, they must worry about
consequences.
My friends and I are afraid that U.S.A Government must stop some
immoral groups in Western Countries using commercially the killing
and suffering Moslems, Croats and even Serbs to make a good profit.
Only on this way is possible to explain why actions of Western
Countries is so week and slow. I always felt as an American,
because I had adopted their principles, even the behavior, but own
political experience teach me , that main tool in establishing any
kind of the dictatorships is idea :" ONE PARTY-ONE ARMY ", and
always it appears as hidden marriage among inhuman organizations or
fanatical church leadership or corrupted ex-elites and existing
government. We believe that it is not possible to change without
the new elections and changing the old society into the new
open-society without a fear.
The Union of ALL NATIONS PARLIAMENT of B&H, which I am
representative, is fighting for a model of Western citizenship in
Bosnia, which for us means: rational, thoughtful, responsible and
open-minded management of the society. This is an opposite of
partisan model which is held in some European countries and
represent type of less reflective, less thoughtful, less interested
citizens, which made up their mind long ago and nothing will budge
them.
Our an intention is to get the attention of USA citizen groups to
help us establish democracy. In this military environment we have
no material support, and all what we have is our enthusiasm, and
this E-mail connection.
yours faithfully
Miroslav Mehmedbasic B.Sc.El.Eng.
Railway of B&H, Sarajev
October 26, 1994
)From: M.MEHMEDBASIC@Zamir-sa.ztn.zer.de
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Sender: Eric Fenster (efenster@igc.apc.org)
Subject: Concerning Moscow study trips
This note concerns the Moscow travel course(s) for 1995 to study Russia's
political and economic conditions or the language. (The principal one is 27
May-27 June.)
1) The invitation remains open to all interested adults and I can send
details upon request.
2) From 02 December until the end of January my direct e-mail ID will be:
efenster@uvg.edu.gt
3) For participants who are students and who wish academic credit, Eastern
Michigan University will offer four semester units. The additional cost for
tuition will be $200. This is low in 1995 because of budget savings which
will be exceptional next year. In the case of students at many private
American universities, this would often mean that the travel course and the
transferrable credits would cost about the same as the credits alone at their
home institution.
4) I have a few people who would like an intermediate Russian language
course. If there are enough others, I could try to organize one for 27 May-04
July, but I need to hear rather quickly.
5) The question of a shorter course, 29 April-23 May including events and
contacts surrounding the 50th anniversary of the end of WW2, remains open,
but, again, expression of interest are needed soon.
Thank you,
Eric
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Sender: "Ilya Nikiforov" (ivn@po.cwru.edu)
Subject: summer law school in St.Petersburg Russia
Dear subscribes:
I hope this information may be useful for someone. If you want to
know something about St.Peterburg and our Law School of Saint
Petersburg University you may reach me at ivn@po.cwruedu - I am
an exchange student from Russia here.
Ilya Nikiforov
)From : Prof. Picker, Dir., Russian Legal Studies Program
(sxp5@po.cwru.edu)
Re : CWRU/CSU Fully Accredited Summer School in Russia.
"CWRU Summer School '95 in Russia"
Prof. Picker, Dir. of our Russian Legal Studies Pro
gram, announced tentative plans for the establishment of CWRU's
first summer school program abroad beginning this summer, in St.
Petersburg, Russia. The program, taught in English, would be
operated jointly with CSU Law School, and will run for a 4 week
period beginning July 10, 1995, followed by 2 days of exams,
August 6 and 7. Students may receive 6 units of academic credit.
Although approvals are not yet finalized (CWRU law
school must ok the program and CSU Board of Trustees must approve
the budget), plans and costs for the summer school are final.
Furthermore, many formal approvals are now complete. CSU law
school has approved the program, CWRU law school has approved the
curriculum, and the American Bar Association's (ABA) law school
accrediting arm has approved everything including site location,
curriculum, credit hours, faculty, and cost of the program.
The program must have a minimum of 37 (and a maximum of
50) U.S. law students for it to operate. In addition, approxi
mately 10 English speaking Russian students will participate.
Hence, with plans sufficiently set to describe the program, Prof.
Picker now seeks a preliminary indication of student interest.
(Interested students should contact Prof. Picker by semester's
end; preliminary indications of interest are not binding.)
Both the curriculum and the faculty of the program are
particularly exciting, including as it does major international
organization participation. Courses, credits, faculty, and sched
ules, include:
1. Structure & Functions of the World Bank (IBRD) and the In
ternational Monetary Fund (IMF). (3 credits.) In a first-
ever opportunity, this course will be taught jointly by Wil
liam Holder, the Deputy General Counsel of the IMF, and by
Lester Dally, the Sr. Counsel, Finance, for the World Bank.
(It took special permission of both the Fund and Bank for
this course to be offered.) Holder and Dally (by nationality
an Australian and New Zealander, respectively) were both law
professors before undertaking their present positions. (The
course will be taught Monday-Friday, 11:15 am-1 pm.)
2. Russian Business Planning With U.S. Comparisons. (3 cred
its.) This newly developed course will be taught by CWRU
Prof. Ronald Coffey. Its origins began with his first exper
ience in Russia a year ago as well as his growing relation
ship with Prof. Vladimir Popondopulo (Chairman of St. Pe
tersburg's Commercial Law Dept.) who visited CWRU this Fall
and gave a series of lectures to Prof. Coffey's BA I class.
(The course will be taught Monday-Friday, 9:30 am-10:45 am.)
3. Russian Banking Regulation. (3 credits.) This course will
be taught by CSU Prof. Patricia McCoy who first visited both
St. Petersburg and Volgograd under our CWRU/CSU USIA grant
for faculty exchanges. She has also lectured on Banking Law
in Moscow. Prof. McCoy will be assisted by St. Petersburg
Law Banking Law Prof. Vera Chichkina, who speaks English.
(The course will be taught Monday-Friday, 9:30 am-10:45 am.)
4. International Trade Law: (2 credits.) This course will be
taught by CWRU Prof. Sidney Picker and will focus on the ba
sic principles of GATT as well as U.S. trade regulation af
fecting the U.S.-Russia trade relationship. (The course
will be taught Monday-Friday, 11:15 am-12:45 pm.)
5. Comparative Anti-Discrimination Law. (1 credit.) This
course will be taught by CSU Prof. Jane Picker and will sur
vey dscrimination laws in selective countries, including the
U.S. and Russia. (The course will be taught Thesday-Thurs
day, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm.)
St. Petersburg: Recently returned to its original name, during
the Communist era St. Petersburg was known as Leningrad and was
best known during this period for the "siege of Leningrad" during
World War II. The city, like Washington, was planned from the
ground up by Peter the Great in the 18th Century as Russia's cap
ital, its access to the western ocean, and its "window to the
West." St. Petersburg served as home to Russia's czars as well as
its capital until the Bolshevik Revolution moved it to Moscow.
It is in many ways the most beautiful, imperial and cosmopolitan
of Russian cities and has some of Russia's best known and most
famous museums (e.g., The Hermitage) and imperial palaces.
Physical Facilities: The summer school will be held in a former
Communist Party Conference facility, which, according to Prof.
Picker, means the structure is well built and maintained. It has
security and is a self-contained entity with modern international
standard classrooms, twin-bedded rooms each with private bath,
laundry facilities on each floor, a small but very pleasant stu
dy-library, an inexpensive and attractive international class
cafeteria as well as an alternative optional up-market dining
room, and even a small on-site medical facility to handle emer
gencies.
Location: The building is in suburban St. Petersburg, about a 3
minute walk from a Metro ("Rapid") stop. St. Petersburg, like
Moscow, has an excellent underground Metro system, and it is a 5
Metro stop trip to the center of St. Petersburg.
Optional Trips: The program will include periodic afternoon
tours of the judicial, legislative and executive institutions in
St. Petersburg. Optional excursions are also planned for nearby
Peterhof (site of Peter the Great's summer palace) and the vil
lage of Pushkin, home of Russia's last Czar, Nicholas II as well
as site the extraordinary Catherine and other palaces. A weekend
excursion to the historic city of Novgorod is also planned.
Cost: Cost to each student will be $2,690. This includes tui
tion, housing in St. Petersburg (shared room with private bath),
and application and materials fees. (Single rooms may be avail
able for an additional $850.) It does not include meals, al
though inexpensive and satisfactory meals are available within
the living facility, cafeteria-style. It does not include books,
or incidental personal expenses. It does not include transporta
tion. And it does not include special excursion trips, e.g.,
weekend in Novgorod (which, however, should be inexpensive).
However, Prof. Picker reports that the $2,690 cost is less than
tuition alone at CWRU's on-campus summer school, and it is less
than most U.S. summer law school abroad programs charge.
For further questions or information, and indications
of preliminary interest, students are again reminded to contact
Prof. Picker. (An indication of interest at this time does not
commit you to participate. It merely gives Prof. Picker addi
tional information to help him plan.
Ilya V. Nikiforov // E-Mail: ivn@po.cwru.edu // phone: (216)754-1104
School of Law, | Law Faculty of
Case Western Reserve University, ||| St.Petersburg University,
Cleveland, OH (------ exchange student ------) Russia
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Sender: DPHIL@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: University of Arizona programs in Russia
Dear Friends!
We would like you all to know of the existence of our UA language and
business programs in Russia. Our language programs in Peterburg (summer)
and Moscow (summer and semester) have accommodated over 1,000 students
since their inception in 1985.
Our new business internship program in Moscow has proven to be
especially popular. Our programs should be especially helpful to
those who need academic credit from an American university. Direct
credit from UA will allow students to receive financial aid for study
in Russia.
For further information please contact me via e-mail
dphil@ccit.arizona.edu
of snail mail
Prof. Del Phillips
University of Arizona
Department of Russian
Tucson, AZ 85721
All Good Wishes!
Del Phillips
Director, Arizona Russian Abroad
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Sender: "Sally Miller" (mille157@maroon.tc.umn.edu)
Subject:
Dear Friends,
As we all know well, the economic situation in Russia leaves much to be
desired and continued support of Russian industry is essential to future
political stability and economic growth.
I recently graduated from Carleton College in Minnesota and began
working for a Minneapolis company - Peter the Great Coat Company - which
which works directly with a Russian factory which produces Russian
Street Sweeper Jackets in St. Petersburg and sells them mail order here in
the United States. (They are warm, durable jackets worn by municipal
workers). After spending the last five months in St. Petersburg, working
closely with struggling textile manufacturers, I am convinced that foreign
support of Russian industry is essential. As the internal Russian market
is so depressed at the moment, the factories we work with are surviving
almost exclusively by working with foreign companies. As such I am
gratified to be working for a company that is committed to the long term
development of the Russian economy.
I would love to hear from anyone who has similar experiences or is
interested in the jackets we import. Please feel free to contact me, Mark
Colville (MCOLVILL@CARLETON.EDU) or 612/339-6711.
Da Svidaniya!
Mark
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Sender: Angela Meyer (ALM@chemonics.com)
Subject: Position available
We are looking for someone to work as a City Administration Coordinator.
This person needs to be someone with a background in administration or
management in Russia; familiar with USAID projects, and fluent in
Russian. Prior experience in running an office in Russia would be
helpful. This person would be based in Moscow, traveling to cities to
coordinate administration in project offices in those locations. Ideally
this person will have experience dealing with Russian local governments
and officials. If you feel that your qualifications may match our
requirements, please send me a resume at alm@chemonics.com or Fax it to
me at (202)955-3400. ALM, Chemonics International.
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Sender: "Andrey I. Tarasenko" (post@kassi.nsu.nsk.su)
Subject: Program Invitation
Novosibirsk State University (NSU) invites anybody interested
to take part in one of its program - scientific and
educational travel. The university has an extensive experience
and connections in arranging geological, biological and
historical tours within the Siberia region. The following
trips are offered:
1. Geological tours with visit to Altai, Baikal and Mongolia.
2. Biological tours for students studying the plant and animal
kingdom of Siberia.
3. Historical tours including the following aspects:
- ethnic minorities of the Baikal region;
- old sites of the paleothic people (Denisov cave)
- culture of the Altai region.
Any special tours can be prepared upon request. We will
provide you with competent guides. You will have an
opportunity to meet NSU students, to travel and work together
and to make friens in Siberia.
For more information contact:
Evgeny Sagaidak
International Education Department Head
KASSI International
Novosibirsk State University
Fax: (3832) 35 26 53 Telex: 133242 KASSI SU
E-mail: POST@KASSI.NSU.NSK.SU
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Sender: Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Subject: Sports club in Kazan seeks contacts
Earlier this year we helped two sports clubs in Kazan, RAFT
(Russian Association of Foot Travellers) and TRAVERSE, to contact sports
clubs in Alaska in preparation for their trip to Alaska in the summer of
1995. Below is a letter from Andrey Styopochkin of TRAVERSE describing
the club's publications and services for people interested in exploring
wilderness areas of Russia, including the Urals, Caucasus, Siberia, and
more. We urge anyone interested to contact Mr. Styopochkin.
Thank you
Roman Kesselman
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-----------Forwarded Message Begins Below-----------------------
Organization: Kazan State University, The International Office
)From: traverse@univex.kazan.su (Andrey B. Styopochkin)
Dear Mr.Kesselman
My friends in "Traverse" club and in ahead expedition
"Alaska-95" and me are very grateful for your being of interest
to our affair and for your service.
I'll give you a short information on our activity in Russian
Association of Foot Travelling and in the publishing house
"BASKO". Maybe, somebody in your country would be interested in
it.
In the first place, we are working out on some series of
colour illustrated guide-books by Russia that are supplied by
cartographical materials in details. The orientation of them are
sport travelling and expeditionary.
The volume of the "The Urals", "The North-East", "The
Caucasus" are ready to be published. "The European Part of
Russia" will be ready to be printed in 1995. The work on the
other books ("The Altai", "Sayan", etc.) will be carrying out in
a future years. In principle, this books can be translated into
English, if they will be in demand.
In the second place, the edition of the artistic colour
photo-albums in series "The Nature of Russia" has been publishing
now.
The album "An Unknown Urals" (with the duplicated English
text) has been published, the albums "South Russia" (the Caucasus
are included in it); "The North-East. Chersky's land" are ready
to be printed. We have much materials on another regions, but
these is no financing.
In the third place, we conduct big transregional expeditions
of high sporting experience, where the material on books, albums
and films are collected.
For example, the book "On hundred days in the Urals" was a
great success in our country in 1993; the book "Megion-oil-gas:
the walking tour by the Ocean" (about the expedition "North
Pole-94") will be ready to be published soon.
Our production (books, films, etc.) can be gotten by
American readers and spectators, if it would be in demand.
In the forth place, we can render the people of the USA
assistance in sporting and other travellings by Russia.
In the fifth place, I have the idea of the foundation of an
International League of sportsmen-travellers and of healding
competitions (for example, rally) by the various regions. They
can have a publicity purpose.
In the sixth place, there is the firm-organizer of our
trips, that produces a modern expeditionary equipment that has
the highest world's standard. And it can be used by your people,
if they'll wish. The prices are reasonable. A cash discount will
be made for big expeditions.
We have an important problem now, and this problem is
financing. The economic standard of our country continually falls
down, even tax privileges for sponsors of arrangements, such as
sporting, scientific, cultural, are abolished. Maybe, some of
firms or persons of your country should be of interested?
We are ready to start a long and happy co-operations with
the mutual benefit. I would like to propose you and your
organization for a mediators in this matters.
There is a necessity of ahead visit of Alaska by myself
before the conducting of expedition "Alaska-95", with the purpose
of solution of many matters there. (But it isn't ample). But
there aren't ample means. If this visit would be possible, I
would like to bring our books, albums, films.
I'm looking forward to your reply.
Yours very respectfully,
Andrey Styopochkin
Email traverse@univex.kazan.su
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Sender: Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Subject: Posted Articles
The Center for Civil Society International has posted articles from the
July-August issue of its newsletter at the Friends and Partners World
Wide Web site.
CIVIL SOCIETY . . . EAST AND WEST
JULY-AUGUST 1994, VOLUME 2, NUMBER 7
1. Connectivity and Democracy in Russia: a report on the "New Media
for a New World Conference," in Moscow sponsored by Ostankino and
Seattle's Art Pattison Communications Exchange Program. Includes
summary of select conference speaker presentations.
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/csew/94-07/conf-rep.html
2. The Costs of Connectivity, Then and Now: a comparison of e-mail
costs in Russia today with the costs of telephone service in New
York City in 1896.
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/csew/94-07/cost.html
3. CCSI Turns Two, Goes On-line, a report from CCSI executive
director, Holt Ruffin.
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/csew/94-07/ccsi-two.html
4. 3 Russian 3rd Sector Projects:
+ Center for Prenatal Education, Blagovest, founded in January
1992 in Moscow, provides public education through the media,
sponsors education programs for women, and trains medical
personnel in modern delivery techniques.
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/csew/94-07/prenatal.html
+ International Women's Center, established in 1988, provides
social, medical, and humanitarian aid, plus assistance in
professional training and employment to women and children
refugees.
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/csew/9407/womencen.html
+ Kuzbass Center for Invalids and Veterans Rehabilitation,
founded in 1994 in Novokuznetsk, provides social and medical
rehabilitation and vocational training for the disabled and
elderly.
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/csew/94-07/kuzbass.html
5. Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy, a new
book which explores the relationship between the "vibrancy of
associational life" and the strength and responsiveness of
political and economic institutions.
URL: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/csew/94-07/dem-book.html
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Subject: Novosibirsk State University invitation
Novosibirsk State University (NSU) invites anybody interested
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Subject: Research trips to Russia
Research Trips
We are currently organising two research trips to Russia as part
of the research for the forthcoming Russia by Rail book. They
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18 May to 8 June: TRANS-KAZAKSTAN EXPRESS. Depart on
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(Kazakhstan), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Tashkent and Bukhara
(Uzbekistan), Volgagrad (Russia) and Moscow.
12 June to 4 July: NORTH WEST RUSSIA.
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