Digest for 97-02-21


Dear Friends:

We want to apologize for the absence of any "friends" digests for the past
week.  We have been quite involved in a major system upgrade of the U.S.
Friends and Partners Internet server.  The upgrade is complete as of
Thursday (Feb.  20) (although we are still fixing some minor probems) and
"solar" is back on-line with all services.  We are now running a much faster
and more stable and secure operating system and can already see a healthy
speed improvement for Web access.

Although the significance of this change is largely transparent to end
users, one change that you will notice is that the server is now known on
our local network as "solar.cini.utk.edu".  While "solar.rtd.utk.edu" will
continue to work for the next several weeks, some software (such as the
listserver) will not work properly with the old name.  Of course, the
"www.friends-partners.org" address continues to be the preferred Internet
name for WWW access as it remains independent of any specific machine.

As many of you know, this upgrade has come at a big cost of interrupted
service over the last several days.  We had some unusual problems with
email and listserver software which were only resolved Thursday morning
(2/20/97).

We really regret the inconvenience this has presented for many of you and so
appreciate your patience with us during this transition time.  If you do
see any remaining problems, please don't hesitate to let us know.  And if
you have already pointed out a problem that has not been corrected yet,
please know that we will be working to correct any remaining problems
today (Friday) and during the upcoming weekend.

                          Table of Contents


RECENT GUESTBOOK ENTRIES . . .

01-21 February 97  Sender:  Wolfgang@online.no
                   Subject: from Linda Bauer

02-21 February 97  Sender:  markku.lindroos@dlc.fi
                   Subject: from markku k lindroos

03-21 February 97  Sender:  avl@rak.erl.e-burg.su
                   Subject: from Nastya.

04-21 February 97  Sender:  hofstad@stellarnet.com
                   Subject: from Nicole Hofstad

RECENT EMAIL . . .

01-21 February 97  Sender:  Natalia Uglava (nsks689@glas.apc.org)
                   Subject: Hernan (PERU)

02-21 February 97  Sender:  Reference Desk (library@inreach.com)
                   Subject: How to say "Get Well Soon" in Russian

03-21 February 97  Sender:  Natalia Uglava (nsks689@glas.apc.org)
                   Subject: ROTARY!!!

04-21 February 97  Sender:  Blender Erik (eblender@brynmawr.edu)
                   Subject: Russian Jobs Network

05-21 February 97  Sender:  COMVEL Canada (comvel@interlog.com)
                   Subject: Embassy of Ukraine in Canada Web Site

06-21 February 97  Sender:  marcus@nwol.com
                   Subject: comment about friends/home.html

07-21 February 97  Sender:  kagan_m@prodigy.com (FSG INTERNATIONAL)
                   Subject: Special tours for Russians

08-21 February 97  Sender:  Jennifer Abel (jabel@rodaleinst.org)
                   Subject: info request on funding sources for agricultural/
                            information projects

09-21 February 97  Sender:  denis gaidashev (DENIS@acme.academ.munic.msk.su)
                   Subject: Travel Sites

10-21 February 97  Sender:  Greg Cole (gcole@solar.rtd.utk.edu)
                   Subject: IREX--Ron Brown Fellowship Program

11-21 February 97  Sender:  Bohdan@TRYZUB.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
                   Subject: TryzubSite:  Official Statements from the Embassy
                            of Ukraine

12-21 February 97  Sender:  mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
                   Subject: Collaboration Opportunity: Siberian Economic
                            Information Project

13-21 February 97  Sender:  mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
                   Subject: Russian Business/Management Training Institutions


APPENDIX:        LISTSERV address & basic procedures

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RECENT GUESTBOOK ENTRIES . . .

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Sender:  Wolfgang@online.no
Subject: from Linda Bauer

I am a 15 year old norwegian girl.  Just came across this guestbook.  I
would like to write to someone in Russia about teenage living, schools in
your country and music.  Please write in english or norwegian.I live in
northern Norway.

Best wishes from Linda

** 02 **********************************************************************

Sender:  markku.lindroos@dlc.fi
Subject: from markku k lindroos

As I can see here are both Americans and Russians on a same pages.  If you
need a "neutral" contact to tell you experiences from both countries, dont
hesitate to contact me.  Just visited both St Petersburg and Kishinev
(Moldova).  Helsinki (Finland) is near St Petersburg and easy to visit.
Planning to visit Kiev in Ukraine in a near future.  In the USA I have been
many times.  In Phoenix (AZ) i stayed three months some years ago.  Latest
visit was to LAX.

Best Regards M.Lindroos


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Sender:  avl@rak.erl.e-burg.su
Subject: from Nastya

Hello!  My name is Nastya.  I study at the department of art and culture.
I will be write course paper about history of Israel culture, about jews
and jewich guestion.  I am intresting, is it in your country and why, and
what is your opinion about jewich guestion.  I wait your answer.  Good bay.
Nastya.

** 04 **********************************************************************

Sender:  hofstad@stellarnet.com
Subject: from Nicole Hofstad

Greetings everyone!!  This is a great website!  I am a high school student
from North Dakota, USA.  I'd love to have a Russian pen pal who's around my
age (15-20).

Hope to hear from someone soon!:)

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E-MAIL POSTINGS . . .

Please continue to send your e-mail to friends@solar.cini.utk.edu.

** 01 **********************************************************************

Sender:  Natalia Uglava (nsks689@glas.apc.org)
Subject: Hernan (PERU)

This is the message for Hernan (Peruvian diplomat).
Hernan,I have lost your e-mail address.Write it to me.

Ilya.

** 02 **********************************************************************

Sender:  Reference Desk (library@inreach.com)
Subject: How to say "Get Well Soon" in Russian

Patron needs to send a card to a Russian friend in hospital. Wants to
write "Get Well Soon" or its equivalant..HELP..
Thanks
Behjat Kerdegari
Reference Librarian

** 03 **********************************************************************

Sender:  Natalia Uglava (nsks689@glas.apc.org)
Subject: ROTARY!!!

Dear Friends,

I was an exchange student in Midland MI in 1995-96, and I need some help
with my ROTARY club. If anyone knows any ROTARIANS who attend the club in
Midland, MI, please respond! And if you have their e-mail address, that's
even better.
Thanks.

Ilya Uglava
nsks689@glas.apc.org

** 04 **********************************************************************

Sender:  Blender Erik (eblender@brynmawr.edu)
Subject: Russian Jobs Network

Hello.  I would like to announce a new website called RUSSIAN JOBS
NETWORK dedicated to the compiling and evaluation of locations on the
Internet to find NGO and Non-Profit jobs in the NIS.  The site contains
links that take you directly to job listings and key users in to
publications, NGOs and Non-Profits, and Listservs that can also aid in
the search of NGO jobs.

The URL is:  http://bartik.brynmawr.edu/Students/eblender/russjobs.htm

Check it out and feel free to e-mail your comments and suggestions from
the site.
Best Wishes,
Erik Blender   eblender@brynmawr.edu

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Sender:  COMVEL Canada (comvel@interlog.com)
Subject: Embassy of Ukraine in Canada Web Site


You are cordially invited to visit
Embassy of Ukraine in Canada Web Site on the Internet

Ukrainian Embassy Web Site contains following sections:

Facts about Ukraine
Map of Ukraine
Contacting the Embassy
Visiting Ukraine
Links to Ukraine related sites
Books about Ukraine
Downloadable demos of Ukrainian computer programs
Ukrainian-Engilsh Translation Program

Internet Web Site address is:

http://www.comvel.com/ukraine

Please bookmark this site and register for updates as we add new fatures
every week..

If you wish to have your site linked, please contact: ukraine@comvel.com

For more information contact Comvel Canada at: 1-888-430-7972 or e-mail
webmaster@comvel.com

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Sender:  marcus@nwol.com
Subject: comment about friends/home.html

Happy to have met you. Have looked for days for a site like
this one. I love your page. I am looking for one person in
Russia that needs a full or part time job, preferably an
english speaking grad student or retired military officer
that likes to occasionally travel and knows a little about
small airplanes in Russia. Will appreciate getting in touch
with person. Thanks Marcus


** 07 **********************************************************************

Sender:  kagan_m@prodigy.com (FSG INTERNATIONAL)
Subject: Special tours for Russians

Hello,

Let me invite everybody from former Soviet Union to be a tourist and visit
California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii.  Our travel company began providing
tours for Russian-speaking clients since September, 1996.

As a matter of fact, our next tour will start March,30 and for next 14 days
you could see Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas and more.
You will be ecscorted by Russian- speaking tour-manager, tour-guide and
driver.  You don't need to pass an interview in USA Embassy in Moscow.

If you have any questions or need more detailed information feel free
to contact us via e-mail: XQEJ89A@PRODIGY.COM
or by our special Russian phone/fax line: (619) 466-6056

Antony Chipounov
Vice President/Tour Manager
FSG International

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Sender:  Jennifer Abel (jabel@rodaleinst.org)
Subject: info request on funding sources for agricultural/information projects

Dear Friends and Partners list members:

I work for Rodale Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Kutztown,
Pennsylvania, that has educated the public about and researched
ecologically sound farming methods for the past fifty years. In June 1994
we began a joint project with the Foundation for Agrarian Development
Research (FADR), a Moscow-based nonprofit organization founded in 1993
by a group of Russian citizens who wanted to influence positive
agricultural reforms in their country. The focus of our joint project is to
facilitate the sharing and exchange of information between farmers and
other agricultural professionals throughout Russia. We feel that
information is the key to helping people make changes in their
communities. Our project has been generously supported by World
Learning, Inc., but that funding will soon come to an end and we have had
difficulty securing additional support. I am thus writing to inquire
whether list members have any ideas of funding sources to approach.

Much has been achieved during the course of our project. We have:
--created an electronic listserver called FADRnews that distributes
bulletins about agricultural, environmental and communications issues to
nearly 500 subscribers;
--published a quarterly electronic journal called Agrarian Development
that contains in-depth articles about agricultural reforms in Russia and
relevant information about similar experience in other countries;
--conducted the first-ever electronic conference in Russia on the
Privatization of Russian Agriculture: Social, Economic and Ecological
Aspects. The conference took place in English and Russian with over 150
participants from more than ten countries;
--published a Guide to Electronic Communications in Russia for Russian
NGOs;
--helped reform and strengthen the Soil Conservation Act of the Russian
Federation;
--established information centers in four oblasti (Tver, Orel, Volgograd
and Novosibirsk) that disseminate information to an average of 20
partners in each region and help partners connect with one another and
with colleagues in other countries;
--created a homepage on the World Wide Web (www.fadr.msu.ru) that
contains links to information about the organizations FADR serves.

This is only a summary of our accomplishments over the past two and a
half years. As we grow and progress we will continue the activities listed
above and will work with our regional centers to help them become more
active conduits of information and consultation in their communities.
Additional plans for the future include conducting training classes for NGOs
on accessing electronic communication resources; introducing money-
saving organic farming techniques to food producers through workshops in
the four regions; and starting a project to publicize the dangers of and
alternatives to pesticide use.

We would greatly appreciate any suggestions list members have about
funding opportunities for projects like ours. We have contacted numerous
foundations already but many have told us that they do not fund
agricultural projects. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Abel
Projects Manager, Rodale Institute
jabel@rodaleinst.org

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Sender:  denis gaidashev gen (DENIS@acme.academ.munic.msk.su)
Subject: Travel Sites

Academservice Ltd., a leading Russian tour operator, has recently started
its own www-site (http://www.acase.ru).  We hope to develop it into a huge
travel resource for incoming and outgoing travellers which would contain
various cultural and travel information as well as hotel and travel
catologues for Russian and international tourists.  Currently this site
hosts probably the largest web database of hotels in Russia, the CIS and
the Baltics.

We view Friends and Partners site as the one successfully representing
Russia to the world Internet community and think that listing our site with
you would be invaluable for us.  With this view we would like to ask you to
consider the inclusion of our site into your Travel category.

On our side we would be glad to host a link to your site.

We would be thankful if you could answer as soon as possible.

Evgueni Lipets
Head of  Information and Technology Dept.

Academservice Ltd.
Arch. Vlasova str, 49, Moscow
117393, Russia

tel.:  (+7 095) 120 90 06
fax.: (+7 095) 128 96 84
e-mail: evgueni@academ.munic.msk.su

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Sender:  Funding Opportunity System (funding@voyager.rtd.utk.edu)
Subject: IREX--Ron Brown Fellowship Program

IREX--Ron Brown Fellowship Program

SPONSOR:  International Research & Exchanges Board

SYNOPSIS: Grants provide opportunity for graduate study at leading U.S.
institutions, for degree or nondegree programs of study to outstanding
university graduates and young professional from Central and Eastern Europe.
Business administration, economics, educational administration, environmental
policy, mass communications, law, public administration, and public policy.

OBJECTIVES: Grants provide opportunity for graduate study at leading U.S.
institutions, for degree or nondegree programs of study in the fields of
business administration, economics, educational administration, environmental
policy/resource management, journalism/mass communications, law, public
administration, and public policy. Programs combine study with internships.

RESTRICTIONS: The application deadline to be announced.

Eligible applicants must hold an undergraduate degree or equivalent, have
two years of professional work experience, be no older than the age of
forty at the time of application, and be a citizen of Albania,
Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, or the
Republic of Yugoslavia. Applicants must have advanced English proficiency.
Applicants may not hold alternative funding for study in the United States.

Grants provide tuition, room and board, a stipend, book allowance, and
medical insurance, as well as round-trip transportation to and from the
placement city in the United States. Fellows may pursue one- or two-year
programs of study. The program is to begin in June or September 1997.
Thirty-five
grants were awarded for 1996-1997.

Prospective applicants should contact the sponsor after February 1, 1997
for information on participating countries and application procedures.
(lab)

MONETARY: NA

CONTACT INFO: Program Officer; 1616 H Street, N.W.; Washington, DC 20006;
U.S.A.

Telephone:  202-628-8188; FAX:  202-628-8189; Email Address:
irex@info.irex.org


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Sender:  Bohdan@TRYZUB.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: TryzubSite:  Official Statements from the Embassy of Ukraine

Greetings,

The full English texts are now available at http://www.tryzub.com/UKRAINE

*) Legal Status of Sevastopol

*) Ukraine's Views on Special Relations Between Ukraine and NATO

*) Ukraine's Views on NATO Enlargement

*) On the Situation Concerning the State Border between Ukraine and Romania

*) Finalization of the Draft Treaty between Ukraine and Romania


TryzubSite is one of the quickest growing and most visited sites for matters
Ukrainian on Internet. Located at http://www.tryzub.com/, it is currently
host to several organizations. For information and to report any problems

e-mail should always be sent to the attention of the siteB9s
webmaster to the address: WebMaster@TRYZUB.com. Contacting the webmaster
is the best way to guarantee that any problems are resolved in the most e
fficient
manner.

Regards,
Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj

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Sender:  mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell, Maine Business School)
Subject: Collaboration Opportunity: Siberian Economic Information Project

               Internet-Based Collaboration Tools
                for Economic Research in Siberia

        Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering
                       Novosibirsk, Russia

Professor  Sergei  Parinov  has provided  information  about  the
above-noted project he heads, which is a component of the "Inter-
net  Resources for Social Science Research in Siberian Branch  of
Russian  Academy of Science" project. The project commenced  this
month  at the Institute of Economics and  Industrial  Engineering
(Novosibirsk, Russia). The project is funded by the Russian  Fund
for Social Science (Rossijskii Gummanitarnyi Nauchnyi Fond).

Below  I  have presented the information  provided  by  Professor
Parinov. He has indicated that this project may provide a collab-
orative  opportunity  for some list members in  the  recently-an-
nounced  "IREX 1997 Competition for Special Projects  in  Library
and  Information  Science  with Central and  Eastern  Europe  and
Eurasia."  Perhaps  some list members would like to  contact  him
directly. Here is the information that he provided.

The  main  goal of the project is the design  of  an  interactive
medium  on  the Internet, to create more efficient  academic  and
research  activity and links in the Siberian social science  com-
munity, and with Western colleagues.

The project envisions:

a) creation of the Internet version of the main Siberian informa-
   tion sources (publications and other results of social science
   research  of  Siberia's economists) in  cooperation  with  the
   Siberian  Branch of the State Scientific Library (the  biggest
   library organization on Asia part of Russia);
b) building  of interactive tools for creating and  developing  a
   navigation  system  to all Internet  resources  for  Siberia's
   economists;
c) organizing on the Internet a permanent public forum and  regu-
   lar experts' discussions about key topics of economic  theory,
   Russian and Siberian economic transition and business develop-
   ment problems;
d) design automated collaboration tools for experts links'  crea-
   tion.

To realize these goals we plan to open on the Internet  following
public  services:  electronic  library;  working  paper  archive;
newsgroups  and mailing lists; Internet Relay Chat (IRC)  server;
and other interactive tools.

To make the potential results of this project more convenient and
efficient  for the local and international academic  communities,
we would like to contact all interested parties. We are ready  to
coordinate  our activity with similar Internet services  used  in
the Western academic organizations.

For more information, please contact:

                 Sergei Parinov, Head of Project
        Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering
                       pr. Lavrentieva 17
                       Novosibirsk 630090
                             Russia
                   E-mail: parinov@ieie.nsc.ru
                      Fax: (7-3832) 355-580
                      Tel: (7-3832) 356-640

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Sender:  mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell, Maine Business School)
Subject: Russian Business/Management Training Institutions


I have recently received a listing of Russian business/management
training  schools,  and have attached the list to  this  note.  I
manage  an internet list (CEEMAN-L) for business schools in  Rus-
sia,  Central/East Europe, and Central Asia. The  listed  schools
are not on CEEMAN-L, but might benefit from our announcements. If
any Friends members know the Directors (or faculty) at any of the
schools, perhaps you could ask them to contact me (preferably  by
e-mail:  mac@maine.maine.edu).  Or if you can provide  an  e-mail
address, I can contact the institutions directly. This note is  a
bit longer than my usual posts to Friends, but perhaps some  list
members will find the contact information useful/interesting.

        Russian Business/Management Training Institutions

KHIBINSKII TECHNICAL COLLEGE
2 ul. 50 let Oktyabrya,                  Tel: (81531) 9-43-09
Kirovsk 184230, Russia                   Fax: (47) 789 140 10 158
Director:  ALEXANDER M. KOPTYAEV
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INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, ECONOMICS, AND LAW
13 ul. Sportivnaya,                      Tel: (8152) 56 15 87
Murmansk, 183010, Russia                 Fax: (47) 08 51 00 60
Director:  MAYA N. CHECHURINA
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"THE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS" INSTITUTE
Ul. Prazhskaya, 30/1                     Tel: (812) 269 46 86
St. Petersburg, 192241, Russia           Fax: (812) 108 76 73
Director:  ALEXANDER M. BREGOVSKII
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INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ECONOMICS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
58, Nevsky Prospekt                      Tel: (812) 210 45 18
St. Petersburg, 191011                        (812) 319 98 07
Director: ALEXANDER N. MASLENNIKOV       Fax: (812) 314 40 38
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"STANKOELEKTRON" COLLEGE  St. Petersburg
2, ul. Pomyalovskogo                     Tel: (812) 529 9103
St. Petersburg, 195272, Russia           Fax: (812) 529 9110
Director:  SERGEI A. KABANOV
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RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES, VLADIMIR BRANCH
59a, ul. Gorkogo,                        Tel: (9222) 3 68 86
Vladimir, 600017, Russia                 Fax: (9222) 3 28 57
Director:  YEVGENY V. ZAITSEV
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SCHOOL OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ECONOMY
82, Prospekt Vernadskogo,                Tel: (095) 434 90 27
Moscow, 11757, Russia                    Fax: (095) 434 90 27
Director:  ELENA N. LOBANOVA
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HIGHER SCHOOL OF PRIVATIZATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
7, bldg. 3, ul. Stanislavskogo           Tel: (095) 291 54 83
Moscow, 103862, Russia                   Fax: (095) 290 19 03
Director:  VITALY I. KOSHKIN
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INTERNATIONAL MOSCOW FINANCE & BANKING SCHOOL
15 a, ul. Novomoskovskaya                Tel: (095) 216 42 06
Moscow, 129075                           Fax: (095) 216 49 23
Director: ALEXEI Y. ZHDANOV
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INSTITUTE OF PRIVATIZATION AND MANAGEMENT, MOSCOW
2, Vorontsovskii Pereulok                Tel: (095) 271 00 96
Moscow, 109044, Russia                   Fax: (095) 564 86 84
Director: HENRYK STERNICZUK                   (095) 221 75 44
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INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EXECUTIVE SKILLS UPGRADING (PLEKHANOV
ACADEMY, MOSCOW)
41, ul. Zatsepa                          Tel: (095) 237 85 24
Moscow, 1130545, Russia                  Fax: (095) 230 25 28
Director:  VYACHESLAV V. GORLOPANOV
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OREKHOVO-ZUEVO CHEMICAL & ECONOMIC COLLEGE
2, 1-st Proezd Dzerzhinskogo             Tel: (241) 2 23 66
Orekhovo-Zuevo                           Fax:  None
Moscovskaya oblast, 142603, Russia
Director:  STANISLAV P. STOLIAROV
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SMOLENSK SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
1, Energetichesky Proezd,                Tel: (8100) 6 73 79
Smolensk, 214013, Russia                 Fax: (8100) 6 59 95
Director:  VALERY I. GRUSHENKO
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RUSSIAN SCHOOL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
25, Krasnoarmeiskii Pr.                  Tel: (0872) 31 66 51
Tula, 300600, Russia                     Fax: (0872) 20 49 03
Director: YURI A.  TSYTKO
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INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
80, ul. Sovetskaya,                      Tel: (0852) 32 88 36
Yaroslavl, 150003                        Fax: (0852) 32 09 62
Director:  VALERII S. IVANOV
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VYATSKAYA AGRICULTURAL ACADEMY
133 Oktyabrsky prospekt                  Tel: (8332) 62 84 46
Kirov, 610017, Russia                    Fax: (8332) 62 97 19
Director:  ALEXEI K. BOLOTOV
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INSTITUTE OF PRIVATIZATION AND MANAGEMENT, NIZHNY NOVGOROD
11, Verkhne-Volzhskaya Nab.              Tel: (8312) 36 78 22
Nizhny Novgorod, 603155, Russia          Fax: (8312) 39 19 64
Director:  VLADISLAV V. BORODACHEV
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INTERBRANCH UPGRADING AND RETRAINING INSTITUTE ARCHITECTURAL AND
CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY
1 ul. Gogolya, korp. 6                   Tel: (8312) 33 82 59
Nizhny Novgorod, 603000, Russia          Fax: (8312) 34 02 01
Director:  GLEB I. KANAKOV
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SPECIAL DEPARTMENT OF VORONEZH STATE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
14, Moskovskii Prospekt,                 Tel: (0732) 13 66 47
Voronezh, 394053, Russia                      (0732) 56 09 13
Director:  SERGEI I. VORONIN
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VORONEZH HIGHER SCHOOL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1, Prospekt Revolutsii                   Tel: (0732) 56 50 77
Voronezh, 394000, Russia                 Fax: (0732) 55 14 26
Director:  OLGA A. ZAITZEVA
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CENTER FOR CADRES' TRAINING AND SKILLS UPGRADING (VOLZHSKII
BRANCH OF VOLGOGRAD TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY)
42a, ul. nfwla, Volzhsky,                Tel: (84459) 7 10 87
Volgogradskaya, 404121, Russia           Fax: (84459) 3 63 06
Director:  STALINA F. KIRILLOVA
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RUSSIAN SCHOOL OF ENTREPRENEURS
10, ul. Leningradskaya                   Tel: (8412)  63 45 03
Penza, Russia                            Fax: (8412)  63 59 89
Director:  VALERY I. SHVECHKOV
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PRIVOLZHSKII HOUSE OF KNOWLEDGE
8, ul. Lermontova,                       Tel: (8412) 66 19 44
Penza, 440601, Russia                    Fax: (8412) 66 69 55
Director: VIKTOR A. REZYAPKIN
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RUSSIAN SCHOOL OF ENTREPRENEURS
244 ul. Molodogvardeyskayam, Office 418  Tel: (8462) 37 12 74,
Samara, 443100, Russia                               37 12 62
Director: VLADIMIR V. MOROZOV            Fax: (8462) 66 13 42
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TOGLIATTI CHEMICAL-TECHNICAL COLLEGE
39,  ul. Novozavodskaya,                 Tel: (8469) 22 90 93
Togliatti, 445665, Russia                            29 98 72
Director: VALENTIN  M.  RYABOV                       22 39 20
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VOLZHSKAYA ACADEMY OF BUSINESS and MANAGEMENT
Office 224, 223, # 62, ul. Mira,         Tel: 23 51 21
Togliatti, 445651, Russia
Director:  RAIS G. MANNAPOV
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POVOLZHSKY CADRE CENTER
75 ul. Pervomayskaya                     Tel: (8452) 26 68 39
Saratov, 410600, Russia                  Fax: (8452) 24 76 79
Director:  VICTOR M. TOLDONOV
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INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, BUSINESS, AND LAW
7, ul. Dolina Roz                        Tel: (86534) 3 71 91
Yessentuki, 357600, Russia               Fax: (86534) 3 71 91
Director:  ANATOLY V. ARALOV
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NOVOCHERKASSK INDUSTRIAL & HUMANITIES COLLEGE
1, ul. Vysokovolmaya                     Tel: (86352) 3 21 50
Novocherkassk, 346405                    Fax: (86352) 3 30 47
Director:  IVAN I. KONDRATKO
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"INTERROST" INTERNATIONAL TRAINING CENTER
70, off. 210, ul. Pushkinskaya          Tel: (8632) 66 72 14
Rostov-na-Donu, 344007, Russia          Fax: (8632) 66 57 23
Director:  VLADIMIR G. PAVLENKO
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MUNICIPAL SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
87a, ul. Karpinskogo,                    Tel: (3422) 63 00 68
Perm, 614022, Russia                     Fax: (3422) 63 00 68
Director:  NIKOLAI Y. KARPUSHIN
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RUSSIAN SCHOOL OF ENTREPRENEURS
11, ul. Chernyshevskogo,                 Tel: (3422) 33 71 76
Perm, 614006, Russia                                 64 58 25
Director: YURI Y. MIROLYUBOV             Fax: (3422) 33 46 50
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PERMCOMBANK TRAINING CENTER
Office 403, 94, ul. Karl Marx,           Tel: (3422) 64 17 53
Perm, Russia                             Fax: (3422)  44 40 78
Director:  YURI  N. STAROSTIN
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URAL INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR DISTANCED EDUCATION
19,  ul. Mira,                           Tel: (3432) 44 86 69
Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russia                        44 52 57
Direcor: NIKOLAI I. VERNOV               Fax: (3432) 44 52 57
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URAL-SIBERIAN HOUSE OF ECONOMICS, SCIENCE & TECHNICOLOGY
32, ul. Plekhanova,                      Tel: ( 3512) 33 94 02
Chelyabinsk, 454000, Russia                           37 69 35
Director: GINRICH G. ROGOZIN             Fax: (3512)  33 94 02
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URAL CADRE CENTER
Room 73, ul.Truda, 157                   Tel: (3512) 36 52 39
Chelyabinsk, Russia                                  36 67 52
Director: SERGEI G. ZYRYANOV             Fax: (3512) 36 67 52
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BUSINESS CONTACT TRAINING CENTER
P.O. Box 573                             Tel: (3832) 67 98 63
Novosibirsk-89, 630089, Russia           Fax: (3832) 23 95 29
Director:  NADEZHDA M. BYKOVA
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RUSSIAN-IBM BUSINESS SCHOOL
2, ul. Pirogova                          Tel: (3832) 10 25 88
Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia              Fax: (3832) 35 78 08
Director: ANDREI A. MALTSEV
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SIBERIAN CADRE CENTER
6, ul. Nizhegorodskaya                   Tel: (3832) 98 17 67
Novosibirsk, 630102, Russia              Fax: (3832) 98 10 98
Director:  YEVGENII A. BOIKO
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"PROSPERO" REGIONAL CENTER FOR UP-GRADING SKILLS AND RETRAINING
OF MANAGERS, OMSK STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
11, P.B. 457                             Tel: (3812) 65 32 08
Omsk, 644050, Russia                     Fax: (3812) 65 32 08
Director:  NIKOLAI V. SVINTITSKY
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OMSK INDUSTRIAL & PEDAGOGICAL COLLEGE
15, ul. Dobrolyubova                     Tel: (3812) 41 64 50
Omsk, 644005, Russia                     Fax: (3812) 41 04 17
Director:  YEVGENIY E. CHASCHIN
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MACHINERY BUILDING TECHNIKUM
13, Severny Gorodok,                     Tel: (3822) 78 19 97
Tomsk, 634006, Russia                    Fax: (3822) 78 17 87
Director:  IVAN F. MOISEEV
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"PLANETA" HIGHER INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE
10, ul. Engelsa                          Tel: (3462) 22 47 66
Surgut, 626400, Russia                   Fax: (3462) 22 53 65
Director:  VIKTOR A. MAISTER
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MANAGEMENT TRAINING CENTER (MTC) SIBERIAN AEROSPACE ACADEMY
#21, 48-B, pr. Krasnoyarskii Rabochii,   Tel: (3912) 62 95 91
Krasnoyarsk, 660014, Russia              Fax: (3912) 33 47 09
Director:  DMITRII  B.  SKORODELOV
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SPECIAL FACULTY DEPARTMENT (SFD) KRASNOYARSK STATE UNIVERSITY
79, ul. Prospekt Svobodny                Tel: (3912) 44 19 14
Krasnoyarsk, 660062, Russia              Fax: (3912) 44 14 64
Director:  TATIANA V. KOVALCHUK
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SCHOOL OF ENTREPRENEURS OF THE TOWN OF ANGARSK
15, ul. Geroev Krasnodona                Tel: (39518) 2 31 71
Angarsk, 665830, Russia                  Fax: (3952) 34 23 69
Director:  IRINA P. MURAVIEVA
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BAIKAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING CENTER SIBERIAN-AMERICAN DEPARTMENT OF
MANAGEMENT, IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY
1, ul. Karl Marx                         Tel: (3952) 33 34 19
Irkutsk, 664003, Russia                  Fax: (3952) 33 46 41
Director: VLADIMIR N. SAUNIN
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REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & FINANCE
20a, prospekt 100-letiya Vladivostoka,   Tel: (4232) 46 03 48
Vladivostok, 690062, Russia              Fax: (4232) 25 80 81
Director:  SVETLANA V. TOMNIKOVA
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PACIFIC ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS
12, ul. Mordovtseva,                     Tel: (4232) 26 74 18
Vladivistok, 690000, Russia              Fax: (4232) 26 73 54
Director:  SVETLANA I. YARTSEVA


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