Elephant in the room

[nataliek at UALBERTA.CA]

Interesting - and scary.  No, he is not one of these.  In fact, he is  
from St. Petersburg which, as you all probably know, has a large and  
wonderful museum system.  I'm reluctant to reveal my correspondent's  
name just in case he is not in trouble but has disappeared for another  
reason.  I would hate to be the one to draw suspicion to him.  The  
situation with the two men from Moscow may well be analogous to the  
one in which my correspondent finds himself.  I don't see a religious  
element to what he was up to.  But who knows.  Maybe there was a show  
that he was planning that I don't know about and that drew the ire of  
the powers that be.

Natalie Kononenko

Quoting kristi.groberg at NDSU.EDU:

> Natalie, might he be one of these people? Might account for it. Kris
> http://www.salon.com/wires/entertainment/2010/07/07/D9GQ6DF80_eu_russia_art_on_trial/index.html
>
>> I have a different sort of "elephant" question.  Not sure if this is
>> the right forum, but here goes.
>>
>> I met a man in Moscow.  He was quite prominent in museum circles.  We
>> had a lengthy correspondence and I put him in touch with various other
>> people in Canada with similar interests.  He was an avid
>> correspondent.  He wrote to all of them before they had a chance to
>> contact him.
>>
>> Then, all of a sudden, he disappeared.  I emailed many times.  Finally
>> I called and was told that the phone was no longer in service.  Any
>> ideas as to what happened?  Did he get into trouble for contact with
>> too many foreigners?
>>
>> I'm both curious and worried.
>>
>> Natalie Kononenko
>> Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography
>> Editor, Folklorica
>> University of Alberta
>> Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
>> 200 Arts Building
>> Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E6
>> Phone: 780-492-6810
>> Web: http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/uvp/
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>  Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
>>   options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
>>                     http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
>   options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
>                     http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>



Natalie Kononenko
Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography
Editor, Folklorica
University of Alberta
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
200 Arts Building
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E6
Phone: 780-492-6810
Web: http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/uvp/

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
                    http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------