Digest for March 31, 1999
Table of Contents
RECENT GUESTBOOK ENTRIES . . .
01-31 March 99 Sender: bylerbunch@russia.com
Subject: Dean and Beth Byler
02-31 March 99 Sender: misfits@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Maya
03-31 March 99 Sender: jfabits@ismi.net
Subject: joe fabits
04-31 March 99 Sender: starcity@windoms.sitek.net
Subject: Cosmopolis XXI Russian State Scientific and
Research Cosmonaut Training
05-31 March 99 Sender: skat2@mail.ur.ru
Subject: Oprah
06-31 March 99 Sender: alexx@hippo.ru
Subject: Sasha
RECENT EMAIL . . .
01-31 March 99 Sender: "Robertas" (skuodas@lsa.lt)
Subject: Look for contacts with diabetes and Grant
organizations.
02-31 March 99 Sender: "Nate Lipsen" (nml@mail.execnet.com)
Subject: Health Care Tour to the New Russia
03-31 March 99 Sender: Oksana Laihonen (laoksa@yahoo.com)
Subject: Russian-Sweden
04-31 March 99 Sender: Bob Broedel (broedel@ray.met.fsu.edu)
Subject: Special Days
05-31 March 99 Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: Workshop at Indiana
06-31 March 99 Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: New Issue of the Alumni Journal "Polemika"
07-31 March 99 Sender: oleg bogachev (salik@pce.net)
Subject: need help
08-31 March 99 Sender: Global (sassa@pent200.podol.khmelnitskiy.ua)
Subject: Greek language
09-31 March 99 Sender: Union of Councils (ucsj@ucsj.com)
Subject: Job Opening - Washington, DC
10-31 March 99 Sender: "Jonathan Lewall" (mangodog@telusplanet.net)
Subject: Stalins medical records.
11-31 March 99 Sender: Mike Campbell (mac@cooke.net)
Subject: e-mail correspondence
12-31 March 99 Sender: Archie King (adk43@bellsouth.net)
Subject: penpal for langage help
13-31 March 99 Sender: "IWW" (integrumlists@mail.ru)
Subject: Hot news from Russia. World's largest online database
14-31 March 99 Sender: Aimee Gagnon (agagnon@maine.rr.com)
Subject: art education research
15-31 March 99 Sender: DEHUGO01@aol.com
Subject: need your help in US
16-31 March 99 Sender: STEVE32@aol.com
Subject: solzhenitsyn
17-31 March 99 Sender: "ferdi" (ferdi@tref.nl)
Subject: information
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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RECENT GUESTBOOK ENTRIES . . .
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Sender: bylerbunch@russia.com
Subject: Dean and Beth Byler
Hello from Nashville, TN, USA!
We are in the process of adopting a little girl from Russia. We are very
excited! We are trying to learn Russian and more about Russian culture.
This is a wonderful site! We look forward to hearing from some of you!!
Da sveedaneeya. Blag-o-slo-VE tee-BYA go-SPO-dee!
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Sender: misfits@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Maya
Hi! I am from Ukraine, Crimea.Now i live in California 6 months. My
husband american man.You can write me russian language. Poka.
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Sender: jfabits@ismi.net
Subject: joe fabits
I am researching my family tree and have been able to determine that my
grandparents were from Russia and when they came to US their last name was
changed to PRISTOP> Can anyone help me locate desendants? THSNK YOU,
Joe
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Sender: starcity@windoms.sitek.net
Subject: Cosmopolis XXI Russian State Scientific and Research Cosmonaut Traini
Cosmopolis XXI Russian State Scientific and Research Cosmonaut Training
Center
Dear sirs,
we are looking for a travel agency which would like to sell our tours.We
don't have any competitors so you can establish your charge for programs
the "Cosmopolis XXI" company in cooperaton with the Russian State
Scientific and Research Cosmonaut Training Center offer. Our programms
consist from non-gravity flying on board a IL-76 MDK flying laboratory,
tour of the Cosmonaut Training Center, flying a L-39 aircraft, underwater
submersion in the Center's hydrolaboratory in scuba-diving equipment with
seeing the Mir orbit station model, centrifuge spinning produsing variable
linear loads, survival in forest-and-marsh terrain making use of cosmonaut
standard. equipage with hosting aboard a helicopter.
http://www.cosmopolis.da.ru starcity@windoms.sitek.net
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Sender: skat2@mail.ur.ru
Subject: Oprah
Hi! I'm from Russia. I'm looking for foreign friends. I speak French and
English. I began to study Italian. I'm 20. I study at the University.
Don't hesitate! Write me!
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Sender: alexx@hippo.ru
Subject: Sasha
Write to me somebody, please. thank.
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Please continue to send your e-mail to friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
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Sender: "Robertas" (skuodas@lsa.lt)
Subject: Look for contacts with diabetes and Grant organizations.
Dear sirs,
I'm interested in your organization and I wish I would colaborate in it.
My name is Vincas Dauginis. I'm thirty-seven years old. I've got a secondary
education. I'm married and I have got two sons. I live in a village. I'm not
working now. I'm unemployed and I've got the crippleness because of diabetes
I type. My son, who is forteen years old, has got this disease too. The
other son is healthy, he's thirteen years old. I'm the president of club
"Diabetes" which rallies people who have that handicap in area of Skuodas,
Lithuania.
The area of Skuodas is not far from the Baltic Sea near Latvia. The system
of our state is democracy now. Lithuania was independent till 1939. Then our
country was occupied by Russia and president Antanas Smetona emigrated. In
March 11, 1990 our country became Independent again. We speak Lithuanian
language. It's very old language proceeded from Indo-European and very close
to Latin. Most of our people are Catholics. Last year we elected our new
president Valdas Adamkus. He and his comrades like K. Bobelis, R. Miezelis
and lots of others lived in America for many years.
Our needs are big, but abilities are small. A lot of people our country are
unemployed. I would like to have a job to keep my family well. I would like
to have my personal computer too, but it still is a luxury in our country
in our country and only rich people can have it. So I use the computer of
our municipal when I have ability, but I have to drive 10 kilometres to town
every time when I need a computer. Such problems make difficulties to
communicate with your too.
If such things are interesting for you and I can be useful for your, I'm
ready to collaborate. I'll be waiting for your message.
Sincerely your's - Vincas Dauginis.
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Sender: "Nate Lipsen" (nml@mail.execnet.com)
Subject: Health Care Tour to the New Russia
Dear Friends
I'd like to invite interested readers to accompany my husband and I on
our 6th health care tour to Russia. We'll be visiting Moscow, St.
Petersburg, Suzdahl, Valdimir and Pushkin from September 17 through
September 27, 1999.
This trip is designed for nurses, therapists, administrators and other
health care professionals. It will provide an overview of health care in
the new Russia. You'll have the opportunity to visit a hospital, a
clinic, a medical school, an orphanage and a public school. You'll
interact with your Russian health care counterparts and have dinner with
a Russian family. You'll also have the opportunity, if you wish, to make
a presentation at the Nurse-Midwifery Institute in St. Petersburg.
Naturally, the tour will include many cultural and historic sites too.
We'll visit the Hermitage and other museums, churches, Red Square, the
Kremlin, the circus and the theater. Activities for non-health care
spouses will be arranged.
The complete price from New York is $1875 and includes round trip
airfare, in-country transportation; 3 meals per day; hotel
accommodations (twin occupancy); dinner with a Russian family; cultural
performances; tours of museums, historical sites, churches, markets and
shops and expert English speaking tour guides.
For further information or a brochure contact Deb Lipsen at
thekremlin@hotmail.com or see our web site
http://www.friends-partners.org/oldfriends/nate
Deb Lipsen
thekremlin@hotmail.com
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Sender: Oksana Laihonen (laoksa@yahoo.com)
Subject: Russian-Sweden
Hej
My name is Oksana. I'm 28 years old, live in Sweden. I was born in St-
Petersburg.
I want found my old friend Oleg Hortov. He is 28 years old, lived in
Severomorsk near Murmansk.
Can something help me? Thank's.
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Sender: Bob Broedel (broedel@ray.met.fsu.edu)
Subject: Special Days
Does anyone know where I can get a complete listing of the
"special days" (at least during Soviet times)?
Day of the Paratrooper date?
Day of the Fisherman date?
Day of the Scientist date?
etc.
I have a calendar from the USSR (1985) but it does not specify
these special days.
I collect Soviet badges (Znachki). Some of them commemorate these
special days. As a way of making my collection more complete, I
am searching for a complete listing of these special days.
Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
Sincerely, Bob Broedel, Tallahassee, Florida USA
E-Mail: bro@huey.met.fsu.edu
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Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: Workshop at Indiana
From: craig zelizer
Summer Curriculum Development Workshop in Russian Studies
Location: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Date: June 22-26, 1999
For Secondary and Post-secondary Instructors
The Russian and East European Center (REEC) at the University of
Illinois invites secondary and post-secondary instructors to take
part in this five-day workshop to develop a more effective and
interactive curriculum in Russian studies.
The workshop will include the following and more: ß A session on
interactive curriculum development; ß A session on how to use the
Internet and design your own webpage; ß A session on using feature
and documentary films in classrooms; ß Lectures on Russia Past and
Present by specialists in the field.
The workshop will also serve as an opportunity for interested
teachers to meet and exchange their ideas and experiences. The
workshop will be held in conjunction with the REEC Summer Research
Lab (SRL), which brings over 200 scholars throughout the summer to
the University of Illinois to conduct research in its Slavic Library
and discuss the region. The workshop participants will have
opportunities to interact with scholars in the SRL.
The workshop features a one-day conference on "Religion, Spirituality
and Identity in Modern Russia and Eurasia," in which specialists on
various religions in Russia will give presentations. The one-day
conference is open to the public.
At the end of the workshop, the participants will receive a certificate
of completion from REEC.
9-12 teachers and community college instructors are strongly encouraged
to participate in the workshop.
REEC will provide free lodging for the participants.
For more information, please contact Lynda Park at 217-333-6022 or
lypark@uiuc.edu; web: http://www.uiuc.edu/unit/reec
Serguei Alex Oushakine
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Sender: "Serguei Alex Oushakine" (oushakin@ssc.upenn.edu)
Subject: New Issue of the Alumni Journal "Polemika"
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Date sent: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 13:59:38 -0500
From: irex@irex.org
To: irex-l@info.irex.org
New Issue of the Alumni Journal "Polemika"
IREX is pleased to announce the Winter 1999 issue of the on-line journal
Polemika, focusing on educational reform in a transitional society. The new
issue contains nine articles by USIA scholarly alumni from throughout the NIS
on the topic of educational reform. Additionally, you can find articles on the
IREX celebration of 40 years of exchanges in Washington, DC and IREX
educational initiatives throughout Russia. The journal is published primarily
in Russian but includes some articles in English. Polemika can be viewed on the
Web at http://www.irex.ru/acad/journal/3/.
Polemika is an on-line journal facilitating discussion of issues pertinent to
transitional societies in the New Independent States. The journal highlights
substantive articles, essays, book reviews, and conference reports produced by
alumni of the USIA Regional Scholar Exchange Program and Freedom Support Act
Fellowships in Contemporary Issues as a result of the knowledge and skills
gained from their research in the US. In addition, alumni of all other USIA
scholarly programs (Fulbright, Junior Faculty Curriculum Development, Summer
Institutes) and other scholars and specialists throughout the NIS are
encouraged to submit their work for publication in Polemika. For questions or
comments about Polemika, please contact IREX/Moscow Program Officer Courtenay
Dunn or Editor Evgenii Antonov at polemika@irex.ru.
Polemika, Winter 1999:
Seminar: "The Pre-crisis Condition of the Russian System of Education and the
Search for a Way Out."
By Susan Pelton, Deputy Director, IREX/Moscow
"Political Education and Perspectives of Consolidation of Democracy in Russia."
By Anatolii Kulik, CI 1995-1996. Moscow, Russian Federation.
"The Hopes of Tomsk Universities in the Framework of the Russian Economic
Crisis."
By Andrei Bondarenko, CI 1997-1998. Tomsk, Russian Federation.
"Anticrisis State Policy and Higher Education in Russia."
By Irina Ruchinskaia, RSEP 1996-1997. Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation.
"Policy Exercises to Help Leaders in Making Strategic Decisions."
By Tatiana Kovaleva, CI 1997-1998. St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.
"Aspects of Adult Education in Business-Training."
By Tatiana Kovaleva, CI 1997-1998, with S.I. Faibushevich. St. Petersburg,
Russian Federation.
"A Theoretical Analysis of Issues of Administration in Educational Systems."
By Galina Shaton, Fulbright. Minsk, Belarus.
"Buryatia State University--A University of a New Type." (Available in both
Russian and English)
By Larisa Kovaleva, CI 1996-1997. Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation.
"Problems of Adaptation of Belarussian Education to International Educational
Standards." (Available in both Russian and English)
By Yuri Stulov, RSEP 1996-1997. Minsk, Belarus.
"Teaching English and American Studies: How to Make Them Communicative."
(Available in both Russian and English)
By Natalia Alhazov, CDEP 1998. Chisinau, Moldova.
Polemika is administered by IREX and funded by the United States Information
Agency as part of the USIA Regional Scholar Exchange Program and Freedom
Support Act Fellowships in Contemporary Issues.
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Serguei Alex Oushakine
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Sender: oleg bogachev (salik@pce.net)
Subject: need help
Dear Friends and Partners,
I would greatly appreciate if you could post my message in your
newsgroup.
I wonder if anyone has recent experience with the American Embassy in
Moscow. Seems to me they have completely changed their policy regarding
all visas but especially tourist ones starting Jan., 99. Now they have
10-14 days wating period and interviews, and it is not just formality.
For the last 3 years my family has been visiting me several times
without any problems. I am familiar with regular requirements and know
that a visitor has to show any possible proof of "binding" to his/her
home country.
Now they obviously made it much harder. My mom had a solid case with a
good reason to visit me (to help me with a newborn) and bunch of
evidence of her coming back to Russia (son, sick mother, owned apartment
and a job). She had the 1st interview 2 weeks after she submitted an
application. They just asked her formal questions from an application
form and did not express any doubts. And without any explanations except
formal "we need more time to get some information about you" they
invited her for the 2nd interview..in a week. She was not asked to bring
any additional documents or letters and surely was not told what they
are looking for or want to hear. Plus which, my mom said that most of
the people simply got rejected.
I would greatly appreciate if somebody could explain me what is going
on or give me a piece of advice. Tank you, Marina.
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Sender: Global (sassa@pent200.podol.khmelnitskiy.ua)
Subject: Greek language
Dear F&P,
I've got an old medallion, and there two words on it (I guess that
they are written at Greek)
I'd like to know their meaning. Is there anybody who speaks Greek?
I would appreciate being contacted by Greek speaking person.
Thanks in advance,
Andrew
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Sender: Union of Councils (ucsj@ucsj.com)
Subject: Job Opening - Washington, DC
POSITION AVAILABLE
IMMEDIATE OPENING -- Office Manager
Office Manager needed for non-profit Jewish, human rights organization
dealing with the former Soviet Union. Requirements: Must have college
degree, at least 1 year administrative experience, very strong
organizational skills, and full proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word,
Access, and Excel), Pagemaker, and network administration. Russian
language skills a plus. Salary low twenties, plus great benefits. Send
resume & cover letter to: Search Committee, UCSJ, 1819 H St., NW #230,
Washington, DC 20006; fax 202/775-9776; Email: ucsj@ucsj.com
For more information about the events in the former Soviet Union visit
our website at
http://www.fsumonitor.com or
contact Lindsey Paige Taxman directly at ltaxman@ucsj.com.
UCSJ 1819 H St. NW #230 Washington, DC 20006
Office: (202) 775-9770 Fax: (202) 775-9776
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Sender: "Jonathan Lewall" (mangodog@telusplanet.net)
Subject: Stalins medical records.
Dear Sir, I am interested in the medical history of Joseph
Stalin. Would you have any any information as to where I could acess
these archives? I appreciate any help you could offer me in this
matter. Yours Jonathan Lewall. My email is mangodog@telusplanet.net
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Sender: Mike Campbell (mac@cooke.net)
Subject: e-mail correspondence
Hello, I have a friend in Moscow that I wish to share e-mail with.She
does not have access to an internet computer.Could you give some
possible solutions to this situation?Thanks Mike mac@cooke.net
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Sender: Archie King (adk43@bellsouth.net)
Subject: penpal for langage help
can you put me in touch with someone that would not mind teaching or
trying to teach me russian over the net. i will exchange what i know of
the english side to them . i would like it to be someone that works in a
auto plant in russia. this way we can also compare jobs and life styles.
can be reached at adk@bellsouth.net. Thank You
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Sender: "IWW" (integrumlists@mail.ru)
Subject: Hot news from Russia. World's largest online database
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We are hoping that our web-site www.integrumworld.com will be of real help
to you.
Best regards,
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Sender: Aimee Gagnon (agagnon@maine.rr.com)
Subject: art education research
Hello, I am an American college student studying art education. I am
currently researching art education internationally. If you have any
suggestions of where I can find specific information about art education
in various countries please let e know. Any help you can offer me is
much appreciated. Thank you very much
Aimee Gagnon
University of Southern Maine
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Sender: DEHUGO01@aol.com
Subject: need your help in US
one of my friend is from russia. she want to find the russia food or
restaurant in US Texas. But she could't found one in here. So I told here I'll
help here to find in the internet. But I also could't found one may be i don't
how to find. can you give me some informaction of russia food in texas. or can
you give me you contract number. this is my e-mail add DEHUGO01@aol.com.us
thank for your help.
from felicia
26/3/99
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Sender: STEVE32@aol.com
Subject: solzhenitsyn
How would i find a mailing address for Alexandr Solzhenitsyn? can you help me?
please and thanks, Steve
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Sender: "ferdi" (ferdi@tref.nl)
Subject: information
I want to visit Novosibirsk, for that reason I'm looking for
some contacts in this city. For that reason I was looking throughout
the bulletin boards.
I wanted to publish some kind of message, asking for some
information about the possibilities how to organise my trip I have in
mind (for Novosibirsk).
I could not find a suitable place. can you inform me ?
In anticipation I thank you for the co operation.
Yours faithfully
Ferdi Rots
Email: ferdi@tref.nl
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