Student on a train

[Natalie O. Kononenko]

Dear Seelangers,
        I just wanted to let you know that my student followed
your wise advice.  She did get both her Russian and Ukrainian
visas in the US before she left and she did take the train from
Moscow to Kiev.  All worked beautifully.
        I also wanted to add that she was very pleased with her
folklore field experience in the oblasti around Moscow.  She
went with the team of Yelena and Sergei Minyonok on a two-week
collecting trip and found it to be very rewarding.  The
Minyonoks provided the fieldwork experience at a VERY
reasonable cost.  I called them after my student returned and
they said that they would be willing to take other Americans.
If you are interested, I would suggest contacting them
directly.  See their web site at:
http://www.russianexpedition.org/

The Minyonoks have experience working with Americans and I can
recommend them, as can my student.

For those interested in fieldwork in Ukraine or in the north of
Russia, specifically with a group from St. Petersburg that goes
to Beloe Ozero, that too can be arranged.  For that, contact me
and I will do some preliminary phone calling.

Natalie Kononenko

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