Olomouc Russian Language Conference

[Andrew Jameson]

Dear Andy,
Thank you for pointing out my carelessness in rendering the name of the
Palacky University as "Palach University". Apologies to all Bohemianists
amongst you.
Andrew Jameson
Chair, Russian Committee, ALL
Languages and Professional Development
1 Brook Street, Lancaster LA1 1SL UK
Tel: 01524 32371  (+44 1524 32371)

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> From: Andy Hicks <ah69 at columbia.edu>
> To: a.jameson at dial.pipex.com
> Subject: Re: Olomouc Russian Language Conference
> Date: 27 February 1999 17:59
>
> Just a brief note to let you know that the university in Olomouc is
> named after Frantisek Palacky, who was a nineteenth century historian
> and central figure of the Czech Awakening.  Jan Palach was the student
> who burned himself to death in January 1969 to protest the Soviet
> invasion.  The fact that the original message was in Russian probably
> made it easy to confuse the two.
>