Digest for 96-12-02
Table of Contents
WHAT'S NEW . . .
01-02 December 96 Maps of Russia and the FSU Republics
RECENT EMAIL . . .
01-02 December 96 Sender: bboswell@aaas.org (BBOSWELL)
Subject: Scientist to Scientist Listserv
02-02 December 96 Sender: Erica Zimmerman (ezimmerm@zoo.uvm.edu)
Subject: question about ag trade with NIS
03-02 December 96 Sender: Marta Rivera (mr206@is5.nyu.edu)
Subject: Russia and Alaska
04-02 December 96 Sender: nica2@ix.netcom.com
Subject: financing
05-02 December 96 Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
Subject: Moscow Program Officer - CECHE
06-02 December 96 Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
Subject: Professionals for FDD Assignments in the Caucasus
07-02 December 96 Sender: magicmac@oz.sunflower.org
Subject: Announcing BELARUS MAGIC NEWS
08-02 December 96 Sender: tburola@alf.tel.hr (Thomas Burola)
Subject: Ukraine - Chernomor Neftegas
09-02 December 96 Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
Subject: CDC International Volunteer Opportunities
10-02 December 96 Sender: Nadezhda Latrygina woman@zubr.hsk.su
Subject: Women's Creative Union
11-02 December 96 Sender: Bohdan@TRYZUB.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Traveling in Ukraine by Rail. An exclusive!!!
12-02 December 96 Sender: "Dr. Pyotr Johannevich van de Waal-Palms,
American_Bank, USA" (palbank@eskimo.com)
Subject: Giving Russians something to read this winter
13-02 December 96 Sender: melinda@ic.redline.ru (Melinda Farris)
Subject: Re: Tver Winter School program
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
* Maps of Russia and the FSU Republics -- links to some of the many
maps of FSU countries, regions and cities available on the Web.
Please see the References on Russia/NIS section from the Reference
Library Page or directly at URL:
http://www.infoservices.com/stpete/map/index.html
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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: bboswell@aaas.org (BBOSWELL)
Subject: Scientist to Scientist Listserv
Scientist to Scientist is a newsletter, published 3-4 times a year by
the American Association for the Advancement of Science, that reports
on scientific activities in the former Soviet Union and East Central
Europe. This includes funding opportunities, internet resources,
scientific meetings, and calls for collaboration.
You can now subscribe to the Scientist to Scientist listserv. Address
your email to "majordomo@aaas.org". In the body of the message write:
subscribe scientist (your email address)
Please note that this is for newsletter distribution only. For additional
information, contact Sanoma Lee Kellogg, AAAS, (skellogg@aaas.org).
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Sender: Erica Zimmerman (ezimmerm@zoo.uvm.edu)
Subject: question about ag trade with NIS
To assist with my graduate studies, I'm looking for information about how
agricultural trade has changed in Eurasia since the break-up of the Soviet
Union. I'm especially interested in its impact on food security,
production, and regionalization. I'm also trying to get information about
how the growing international development efforts and trade alliances with
the former Soviet Union have affected aid and trade with developing
countries elsewhere.
Thank you
** 03 **********************************************************************
Sender: Marta Rivera (mr206@is5.nyu.edu)
Subject: Russia and Alaska
I am an nyu student and am writing a paper on the Russian Missionaries'
treatment of indigenous Alaskan people (specifically the Aleuts of
Unalaska, Atka general Aleutian Islands area, not, mostlikely the Kodiak
Aleuts). The time period is around 1740's to 1840's. Is there any advice
you can give on finding information cyber or otherwise? I have found one
excellent book. "The Transition from Shamanism to Russian Orthodoxy in
Alaska" by S. A. Mousalimas. But other than that I am mostly at a loss!
I would appreciate any leads.
-Marta Rivera
mr206@is5.nyu.edu
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Sender: emueller@bruderhof.com
Subject: bible crossword puzzles
Dear all,
I am corresponding with a prisoner in Novosibirsk, who became a
Christian in prison. Here is an excerpt from one of his letters:
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.. I am compiling christian crossword puzzles from words out of the
bible. Here in Russia there is no possibility to publish these. So I
have a request to you: can you help me to publish a little booklet in
a small circulation with my crossword puzzles. To acquaint yourself I
am sending you one crossword puzzle. I have done about 60. Please
write me your decision. And if you agree I will send you more for
printing. ...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So if anybody would like to help in any way to get some Russian bible
crossword puzzles printed, let me know and I will send you a sample
and put you in touch with Gennadi in Novosibirsk. Thanks a lot for
your consideration!
Privet from Pennsylvania to you all,
Eckhard
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eckhard Mueller Tel. (412) 329-1100
The Plough Publishing House Fax (412) 329-0914
Spring Valley Bruderhof E-mail: EMueller@bruderhof.com
Farmington, PA 15437, USA Website: http://www.bruderhof.org
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Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School)
Subject: Moscow Program Officer - CECHE
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Moscow Program Officer
Central European Center for Health and the Environment
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The Central European Center for Health and the Environment
(CECHE) is currently seeking candidates for the position of
Program Officer to be based in Moscow.
Responsibilities include:
* Directing dissemination effort in field of health care via mass
media;
* Supervising development of Russian NGO partner organizations;
* Fundraising and proposal writing for future projects
Requirements include:
* At least 2 years experience in NGO field in NIS;
* Fluency in Russian;
* Strong management, leadership, planning, communication, and
computer skills;
* Experience in mass media and health care reform a plus.
Start Date: Immediately
Please send resume and cover letter to:
Lisa Coll
CECHE
Fax: (7-095)917-5889
Email: ceche@glas.apc.org
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Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School)
Subject: Professionals for FDD Assignments in the Caucasus
The attached announcement arrived today, and may be of interest
to some members of the list, or to colleagues of list members. I
am posting this announcement to several lists, so let me apolo-
gize in advance to list members who receive the announcement more
than once.
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Professionals for Assignments in the Caucasus
Fund for Democracy and Development
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The Fund for Democracy and Development, a U.S. non-profit organi-
zation working in the former Soviet Union, is expanding its data-
base of experienced professionals in the areas of NGO develop-
ment/training, consulting, civic education, small and medium-
sized business development and financing, industrial reactiva-
tion, humanitarian program logistics/distribution and municipal
infrastructure development for short-term, and potentially long-
term, assignments in the Caucasus.
Appropriate language capability (Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian,
Russian, or Turkic) and experience living/working in the former
Soviet Union strongly desired. Candidates must possess basic
knowledge of political, social, and economic issues of the Cauca-
sus region.
Experience and skills sought in program implementation and man-
agement, proposal writing/project development, accounting/book-
keeping. Previous work with USAID and international programs
desirable.
Please fax/mail resume (with salary history) and cover letter
explaining your interesting in working for the FDD in the Cauca-
sus to:
Gary Lazor, Project Officer
Fund for Democracy and Development
1101 15th Street, N.W., Suite 1004
Washington, DC 20005
Fax: (202) 296-5433
No phone calls
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Sender: magicmac@oz.sunflower.org
Subject: Announcing BELARUS MAGIC NEWS
Announcing BELARUS MAGIC NEWS, a free private e-mailing list (_not_ a_
LISTSERV_) maintained for those interested
in_detailed_and_extensive_information_ about Belarus. Information
distributed is intended for not-for-profit use.
This list is intended to go alongside with other Former Soviet Union and
Eastern Europe related lists and groups that provide general information
about that region. MAGIC NEWS disseminates _more_in-depth,_ and_ specific_
information, news wires, commentaries, and briefs on political, economic,
Human Rights situation, or any other issues in Belarus, which can be of
interest to its members. The list provides timely and up-to-date coverage
of events in Belarus.
This information comes from western, Belarusian, and Russian news sources.
Most of them cannot be found otherwise or available only through tedious
search on the NET or in mass media. Members of the list _share_ information
with each other as on any other list for _personal_non-commercial_ use_.
BELARUS MAGIC NEWS is a_medium_volume_list_ (1-2 bulletins a day) and
broadcasts may have _considerable_size_ (up to 30 kB_each_) due to its
detailed nature. No discussions take place on it, since it _only_
distributes_ information. Belarus related discussions take place on BELARUS
list existing separate from BELARUS MAGIC NEWS.
If you are interested to be placed on this list, please, write
_directly_to_me_ at (magicmac@oz.sunflower.org) and I will be happy to
subscribe you.
In your request, please, briefly specify your professional/business
affiliation (if any) and why you have an interest in this service.
Also, feel free to forward this announcement to anyone who may be interested.
Thanks.
Patrick Colebright
BELARUS MAGIC NEWS
magicmac@oz.sunflower.org
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Sender: tburola@alf.tel.hr (Thomas Burola)
Subject: Ukraine - Chernomor Neftegas
Recently I was in the Ukraine setting up a PIU for the State Property Fund
under a WB Loan. Let just clip it from my resume for you
World Bank, Kiev, Ukraine, Post Privatization Support , October 01, 1996 to
November 15, 1996. SENIOR ADVISOR to the Ukraine State Property Fund,
Ukrainian Center for Post-Privatization Support, and TACIS under a $10M
Technical Assistance component to develop and install a Project
Implementation Unit (PIU) for the management of a $310 M World Bank loan.
Responsibilities include formal training of staff on aspects of procurement
of consulting services under IBRD guidelines, including preparation of terms
of reference (TOR), shortlists of consulting forms, bidding requests, bid
evluation procedures, preparation and negotiation of contracts, supervision
of consultants, monitoring consultant preformance, maintaining adequate
records and communicating with Bank, both for clearance and approvels and
for reporting purposes.
That explains it better? Can anyone help me with information on the Tosell
Production contract in the Crimea? Its was signed between a US company by
name of Huffco and Neftegas?
Thomas Burola
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Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School)
Subject: CDC International Volunteer Opportunities
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I have attached a brief profile of Citizens Democracy Corps, an
organization which should be of interest to many of our list
members. Some of our U.S.-based list members may want to inquire
about serving as a CDC volunteer - and some international list
members may know of organizations in their region which could
benefit from working with CDC volunteers. The CDC newsletter -
CDC Update - provides a good way to learn about the activities of
CDC and its volunteers. I am quite familiar with the activities
of CDC, and encourage list members to make inquiries about serv-
ing as a volunteer, or to inform CDC about eligible organizations
in need of assistance.
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Citizens Democracy Corps
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Citizens Democracy Corps (CDC) publishes a quarterly newsletter
that informs readers of its activities in Central Europe, Moldo-
va, Russia and Ukraine, where the nonprofit organization operates
a volunteer program funded by private sector contributions and
the U.S. Agency for International Development.
CDC sends senior-level executives and entrepreneurs (with a
minimum of 10 years experience) to assist small and medium-size
companies and business support organizations to succeed in the
region's emerging free-market economies.
Since 1990, when it was founded, CDC volunteers have helped
thousands of firms to make dramatic turnarounds, spur growth,
increase revenues and profits, receive financing and, connect
with American and regional partners.
Volunteer assignments range from three weeks to two months. CDC
pays for international airfare, and the host company or organiza-
tion provides local housing, transportation, and interpreter
services. Volunteers cover their own food and incidental expens-
es.
If you are interested in learning more about CDC as a potential
qualified volunteer or client organization in need of CDC's
assistance, you can do one or all of the following:
1. Subscribe to the newsletter, "CDC Update", by writing to:
Citizens Democracy Corps
1400 I St., N.W., Suite 1125
Washington, D.C. 20005
2. Call CDC for information at 202-872-0933 or 800-394-1945
3. E-mail CDC at: info@cdc.org
4. Check out CDC's website at: http:\\www.cdc.org
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Sender: Nadezhda Latrygina woman@zubr.hsk.su
Subject: Women's Creative Union
Dear friends!
Women's Creative Union wants to get acquainted with Women's nonprofit
organizations with similar interests to our interests in the state of
Michigan.
Shortly about our organization.
It unites active, creative and thinking women who have higher or technical
education and different majors.
Our goals: -organizational women's unification, creating communicative
surrounding,...
At the current time there are 3 directions of our work:
1. Women's small businesses support:
- basic business education for women;
- seminars and consultations on the business problems;
- care for the rights and interests on the local places;
2. Forming the understanding of good relationships in the society
- round tables, seminars and training in non-conflict relationship in the
families and working collectives;
- creating the supporting fund "Healthy Agreement";
- organization of the school " " for kids and adults.
3. Organization of the club as the communication center.
Our organization is young. It was registered at June 5, 1995.
We think that your experience would be very helpful for us. We would be
glad to receive your invitation. From our side we invite you to join our
project and we will be glad to see you in our place.
Our address is:
Russia 630090 Novosibirsk, prospekt Dimitrova 4 ,k.1004
tel#fax: (3832) -10-14-34,
woman@zubr.hsk.su
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Sender: Bohdan@TRYZUB.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Ukraine FAQ Plus: Traveling in Ukraine by Rail. An exclusive!!!
Greetings,
An exclusive is now available dealing with the Ukrainian
section of the travel book "Russia by Rail with Belarus
& Ukraine" by Athol Yates which was just published in October
1996. For information on the book itself, please access this URL:
http://www.russia-rail.com/rbr_home.htm
Other information may be obtained at
http://www.russia-rail.com/
However, the extracts themselves on Ukraine may only be found
in the "About Ukraine" section of the FAQ Project itself.
* * * * * * * * * *
Please note that one may now browse the FAQ project using
an advanced three dimensional navigational tool. Point your
browser to http://www.tryzub.com/ for information on how
to download the plug-in for your browser and the actual "mcf"
image which is used for this.
* * * * * * * * * *
The address of the Ukraine FAQ Plus Project is now:
http://www.std.com/sabre/UKRAINE.html
Either click the button labelled "About Ukraine" by the
Tryzub (Trident) graphic or scroll down and click the
"About Ukraine" section summary to access this latest
news.
As always, please feel free to email us at faq@tryzub.com
with comments. We always are looking for contributions
as well.
Regards,
Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj
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Sender: "Dr. Pyotr Johannevich van de Waal-Palms, American_Bank, USA"
(palbank@eskimo.com)
Subject: Giving Russians something to read this winter
reply to russia@aa.net
Dobriy den'
Want to give 150 million Russians each 1400 books to read?
Dobriy utro'
NOW EVERY RUSSIAN FREE HAS ACCESS TO COPIES OF 700 AMERICAN BOOKS
In 1996 700 volunteers have been responsible for the creation of 350 new
electronic copies of books that are NOW available to Russians. Unpaid
volunteers have put 696 books into electronic form since the project
began. By March 1997 book #1000 will be finished. In 1997 total
productivity of books will doubled, to two books per day. Volunteers will
also double with Russians providing translation from English to Russian.
Palms & Company has already identified 650 webservers in Russia who will
provide the translation into Russian. Volunteers have already spent
several months converting books into electronic form at the rate of 64 per
month during the Spring of 1996, just to insure that in 1997 we would be
capable of accomplishing our goals. This wealth of knowledge about
economics democracy, private enterprise, fiction etc.,... the knowledge of
the free world is being made accessible to readers in Russia FREE without
costs of paper, printing, freight, etc.
THE MOST COST-EFFICIENT APPROACH - NO TANGIBLE OR DELIVERY COSTS
For just reading books, the oldest, slowest PC is just fine so access in
Russia can be solved with an XT. "bells and whistles" of the cutest new
Internet things are not very effective in creating a new generation of
Russians. This project is. There is simply no better low cost investment
than placing the great books of the civilizations of the world into the
hands of everyone in Russia via internet. While presently many are in
English, they will be translated by volunteers during 1997.
FINANCIAL HISTORY
Previous supporters have included The University of Illinois, where the
Project was founded. Illinois Benedictine College, Walnut Creek
CDROM Manufacturing Company, as well as other corporate donors. It is now
time to locate budget financing. The project has become too large to
operate from the bookkeeping system of a sponsor. The project has to be
able to pay bills in ways that are not a maze of paperwork so intense that
the founder frequently decides to pay a bill himself rather than do the
paperwork. (These he paid from an inheritance from his father which should=
have been used to pay off the mortgage on the founders house.)
JUSTIFICATION AND MERIT
$100 billion has been spent world-wide in the past 5 years for assistance
to Russia. This project, which will consume less than $100,000 next year,
is the MOST WORTHWHILE activity in Russia in terms of impact, measureable
cost-benefit analysis, and sheer "bang-for-the-buck. It is truly state of
the art education technology. The cost is negligible and infitesimal when
compared to all other programs 0.000001 of 1%, less than thousandths of a
cent per
The work itself should create the needed support-- I therefore bring this
most astounding work to your attention. This, the smallest budget item of
any of all government economic assistance to Russia, and which outperforms
all other Rusian projects combined in cost-benefits analysis, should be
accorded much deserved budget financing by at least one of the thousands
administering the rest of the money that is spent for Russia.
The founder and full time volunteer is not the kind of person who will
stop working on production to get support for it, so I have volunteered to
assist with that task.
Remember
Every book we produce goes to millions, perhaps even hundreds of millions,
of the 1.2 billion computers out there in the world, and usually there is
more than one user per computer. As Russia rushes "on-line" this library
will be the greatest contributor to the Spiritual, ehtical and moral reform
that is a prerequisite for all other forms of reform
Need I say any more.
__________________________________________________________________________
I AM LOOKING FOR SPONSORS/DONORS OF ANY SIZE.
Please , as appropriate
* tell me what more you want to know specifically
* Send your application forms and specific questions to russia@aa.net
* refer me to likely donors (email please)
If you work for an NGO please tell your funding source about this.
if you fund NGOs please consider this project
If you really want this to continue to exist please contact the following=
and ask them to support it. They either have the money, can get the money=
or can influence a decision to make it available. These are the acronyms
with government funding.
(list available from Dr. Palms at: palbank@eskimo.com)
S uvajheniem i nailuchshimi pozhelaniyami,
Dr. Pyotr Joannevich van de Waal-palms
President
Tovarichestvo Palmsa, Inc.
Palms & Company, Inc., Investment Bankers
Russian Venture Capital Fund of America "RVCFA"
United States Interbank Currency Exchange "USICEX"
"Distance Management Training Project for Russian General Directors"
"Palbank" =F0=C1=CC=C2=C1=CE=CB
United States Fur Exchange
Tel 1 (206) 828-6774
E-mail (russia@aa.net)
Sovetnik Pravitelstva CWA
United States Department of Commerce
United States Minority Business Development Agency
United States Small Business Development Agency
United States Community Services Administration
United States Office of Economic Development
United States Department of The Interior
__________________________________________________________________________
"Far better it is to dare mighty things and to win glorious
triumphs even though checkered by failure than to rank with those
poor spirits who don't enjoy nor suffer much because they live in
the gray twilight which knows no success, nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
__________________________________________________________________________
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Sender: melinda@ic.redline.ru (Melinda Farris)
Subject: Re: Tver Winter School program
WINTER SCHOOL FOR APPLIED RUSSIAN STUDIES
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Dates: JANUARY 6 - FEBRUARY 17, 1997
Location:TVER, RUSSIA
Sponsoring organizations:
International Institute of Russian Language and Culture
Tver State University
Tver InterContact Group
INTRODUCTION
The International Institute of Russian Language and Culture and Tver
State University with support from the Tver InterContact Group, an
independent educational and consulting organization, announce the opening
of enrollment for the Second Annual Winter School in Tver.
The Winter School offers an opportunity for the intensive study of Russian
language and area studies in the heart of Central Russia, during Russia's
most romantic season -- Winter. International students will spend 2-6 weeks
interacting with their peers, studying Russian and enjoying the culture of
Russia's friendliest town -- Tver, capital of the Tver region, located on the
main route between Moscow (2 hours) and St. Petersburg (5 hours).
The winter offers unique attractions -- deep white snow, sunny skies, and
fantastic vistas of the mighty Volga River covered with ice thick enough
upon which to walk. Many Russian traditions are connected with
wintertime. In fact, Winter School students will have the opportunity to join
in the celebrations of our most popular holidays: Rozhdestvo (Russian
Orthodox Christmas), Svyatki, "Stariy" Novy God (the "Old" New Year),
Kreschenye and Maslenitza.
Although the program's objectives traditionally correspond with those of
college and university students concentrating in various aspects of Russian
Studies, people of all backgrounds and interests are encouraged to
participate.
LOCATION
The ancient city of Tver is home for the Winter School. The city is located
on the banks of the Volga River, and has an approximate population of
500,000. With a wide range of museums, theaters, concert halls and student
centers there are numerous opportunities for education, cultural enrichment
and recreational activities. The Winter School's academic sessions will be
housed primarily in the IIRLC classrooms, which are located in Tver's
historical center on Tryokhsvyatskaya Street. This pedestrian street,
designed much like Moscow's Arbat, is one of Tver's main attractions,
offering entertainment, relaxation and shopping for visitors and natives
alike. Tryokhsvyatskaya Street is within walking distance of the Volga
River, the source of which is located in the lakes of the Tver region.
THE WINTER WEATHER IN TVER
Winter in Central Russia is rather crisp. From mid-November, snow
falls over the city and its environs, opening the season of cross-country
skiing, ice skating, hockey, tobogganing and other winter sports. The
average winter temperatures in January and February are from -5 to -10
degrees Celsius. It snows often, creating a picturesque winter wonderland
with frost glistening on trees and houses. Once experiencing the Russian
winter, you will never forget its beauty.
DATES AND PROGRAM PROFILES
The Winter Program begins on January 6, 1997. Prospective participants
may enroll for a 2-6 week program, choosing from several concentrations of
study and ways of spending their free time outside of class.
The weekly Program includes:
Academic program:
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** 24 hours of classroom instruction
* 8 hours of area study seminars
* 16 hours of Russian language classes
Cultural enrichment program:
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** 3 workshops: singing, dancing and folk art (wood carving)
** 2 excursions per week, one local, one out of town
* LOCAL: city tour, Tver local lore museum, Tver Museum of
Russian Arts and Crafts, Tver Literary Museum, Tver Picture Gallery,
Tver School of Icon Painting and Artist's Union Exhibition.
* OUT OF TOWN:
MOSCOW: visits to all the famous sites: Red Square and the
Kremlin Tour, the Arbat and the Tretyakov Gallery;
TORZHOK: a 1,000-year-old town, 60 km from Tver, with
well-preserved provincial architecture, nobility manor
houses, places of cultural, historical and religious interests. Museum
of Russian wooden architecture, Golden embroidery school and
museum and the Pushkin Museum;
STARITSA: an ancient town, 60 km from Tver, unique Ethnography
Museum and old church ensembles;
OSTASHKOV: former fishermen village on the Seliger lake front
(one of the largest and most beautiful chain of lakes in Europe),
about 150 km from Tver, unique architecture, religious sanctuary -
Nilova Poustyn';
KLIN: small provincial town in the Moscow region, 70 km from
Tver, famous Tchaikovsky Memorial Museum;
SERGIYEV POSAD (ZAGORSK): center of the Russian Orthodox
Church, Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra.
Sports and Recreation:
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** Skiing, skating, picnicking and horseback riding -- on the weekends.
** Winter forest picnics (every 2 weeks)
** Friday nights at the Russian Club (informal meetings with Russians
from the community where various topics are discussed within the guests'
field of expertise).
WINTER SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Language courses will be taught in Russian by University and Institute
professors who are skilled in teaching students with language abilities
ranging from complete novices to advanced students, as well as professionals
who want to expand their vocabulary within their specific fields.
Courses will cover all aspects of spoken and written Russian with an
emphasis on communication objectives. The more advanced courses will
help to refine the students' written and spoken language skills, concentrating
on different speech and writing styles, refining pronunciation and accent,
and relating study to Russia's current events. A special IIRLC editorial
group has developed a set of instructional materials based on the most up-
to-date social and linguistic concepts.
In addition, students will use materials, such as Russian literature texts,
songs, newspaper clippings and television broadcasts for improving their
proficiency.
Area Studies and Humanities Courses
***********************************
Faculty: Professor Dr. Georgy Bogin, Dr. Yuri Varzonin, Dr. Svetlana
Gorshkova, Professor Dr. Alexei Romanov, Dr. Alexander Gurin,
Dr. Valery Smirnov, et al.
Classes are taught both in Russian and in English (or translated into
English).
** Russian Literature (each two hour seminar covers a topic of the listed
field area)
* Russian Folklore (4 hours)
* Russian Literary History (from 1900 to the present - 12 hours)
* 20th Century Russian Literature
* 18th and 19th Century Russian Poetry (6 hours)
* Early 20th Century Russian Poetry (Silver Century Poetry - 8 hours)
* Modern Russian Prose (mid-20th century to the present - 8 hours)
* Russian Literary Prose Tradition Makers (from Pushkin to
Chekhov - 8 hours)
* Prose of the 1920s and 1940s (Zoschenko, Bulgakov, Olesha,
Katayev, and Babel - 10 hours)
* Modern Literary Movements in Russia (2 hours)
** Historical, Political and Philosophical Studies (each two hour seminar
covers a topic of the listed field area)
* Tver's Role in Central Russian History (4 hours)
* History of the Russian Orthodox Church (4 hours)
* History of Russian Cinematography (video presentations)
* Russian Religious Revival (4 hours)
* Russian Education System (2 hours)
* Modern Russian Political Parties and Movements (4 hours)
* Russian Regional Geography (4 hours)
* History of Russian Empires (6 hours)
* Russian Religious Philosophy (4 hours)
* Russian Customs and Traditions (2 hours)
* History of the Russian Nobility (2 hours)
* National and Ethnic Movements In History and Present Day Russia
* National Defense and Security Issues
* Mass Media Developments in Post-Soviet Russia
** Linguistic and Translation Studies (for advanced language levels only)
* Rhetoric and Composition
* Text Interpretation and Analyses
* Practical Translation
Russian Language Courses
************************
Faculty: Dr. Elena Tolkacheva, Dr. Nina Fedotova, Dr. Valentina
Nefedyeva, Dr. Svetlana Menshikova, Dr. Mikhail Makarov,
Instructors: Olga Kashevarova, Elena Savina, Tatyana Mikhailovich.
** Core Practical Russian Course
* Basic Conversational Course (Survival Russian - elementary to low-
intermediate levels);
* General Russian Language Course (Intermediate to advanced
levels).
** Elective Russian Language Classes
* Phonetics and Intonation Patterns
* Communication Grammar
* Difficult Cases Of Russian Usage
* Russian Verbs of Motion
* Introduction to Mass Media Language
* Introduction to Russian-English Translation
* Russian Communication Etiquette
* Introduction to Russian Business and Professional Communication
* Russian Phraseology
* Communication Styles in Russian
Art and Artisanship
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Faculty: Dr. Tatyana Boitsova, Dr. Igor Ulyanov,
Instructors: Irina Brevdo, Alexander Psheradsky, et al.
** Russian Ballroom and Folk Dances
** Russian Musical Folklore
** Wood Carving Workshop
CERTIFICATES
An official Certificate of Attendance is awarded to each participant upon the
program's completion. This includes a transcript listing all the courses
attended and a record of the hours spent in each area of study.
A Certificate of Attendance will be issued by the Tver State University and
IIRLC Academic Council.
If students from the United States wish to receive college academic credit
they may do so through our partner school in the USA. Students interested
in this option may request additional information from IIRLC.
DAILY SCHEDULE
Monday through Friday --
10:00 - 11:45 Russian Language Classes
11:45 - 12:30 Coffee/Tea Break
12:30 - 14:05 Russian Language Classes/Applied Studies Seminar
14:05 - 15:30 Lunch
15:45 - 17:15 Applied Studies Seminar/Excursions
18:30 - 21:00 Recreational and cultural activities
Saturdays and Sundays --
Recreational and sporting events,
excursions and cultural activities
FREE TIME OPPORTUNITIES
Students may choose from a variety of activities, such as going to clubs,
cafes, movies, sporting events, exploring the city or spending time with
Russian peers.
ACCOMMODATION
All participants are offered two standard types of accommodation:
* Living in a carefully selected Russian family (a separate room for one with
all modern conveniences).
This option includes half board: breakfast and supper. Students are usually
invited to participate in all family activities.
* At the applicant's request the Institute will procure a private apartment as
accommodation.
ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES
To enroll in the Winter School program, contact us via mail, telephone,
fax, telex, or electronic mail. To make our exchange of information and
necessary documents more expedient, please indicate your exact address.
Upon receipt of each student's application form, the program's
administration will issue an official invitation which will allow the student
to obtain a visa from his country's Russian Consulate.
Students are responsible for their own travel arrangements to and from
Russia. Upon receipt of the application and according to the immigration
legislation in effect at the time of arrival, the Institute will advise each
student as to any health insurance and or requirements for entry into the
Russian Federation.
The Institute will meet and arrange transportation from the Moscow
international transport terminals to Tver. Upon the program's completion,
the Institute will escort the student to the international air or railway
station
in Moscow for the return trip.
These services are provided free of charge on January 5 and February 17.
Arrivals and departures for students participating in short-term programs
will be arranged on Sundays for a $25 transfer fee. Alternate dates of
arrival and departure will be arranged at our standard fee of $65.
COSTS
Due to the support from the Tver InterContact Group and Tver State
University, the tuition and education material costs have been waived for the
Winter School '97.
The program fees cover accommodations, including half-board (homestay
option), the cultural enrichment program, excursions and a small
administrative fee.
Two-week program:$425*
Third and fourth weeks: $195* each
Subsequent weeks:$185* each
* In US dollars
Personal expenses are the student's responsibility (including lunchtime
meals, meals while on out of town excursions, souvenirs, etc.)
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
While in Tver, students will have access to e-mail, fax and an international
telephone line at the Institute's offices.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Marina Oborina
Director of Academic Programs
International Institute of Russian Language and Culture
P.O. Box 0565
Central Post Office
Tver 170000, Russia
Email:iirlc@ic.redline.ru
Phone:+7.0822.425419, .425439
Fax: +7.0822.426210
POSTSCRIPT
If you would like, the program's administration would be pleased to send
you additional information concerning the nearest Russian Consulate, a
Russian travel advisory and helpful hints for preparing your trip to Tver.
The compiled information has been provided by former international
IIRLC students.
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Melinda Farris (melinda@ic.redline.ru)
Tver InterContact Group
Sat, 23 Nov 96 16:08 +0300 MSK
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