Russia 2002

2012

Turkmenistan 2015

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan 2018

Russia 2002

Russia 2002
 

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

 

In October 2002, I undertook an unusual and pioneering business trip to recruit high school students from Russia to attend a school in Australia.  The trip didn’t always go smoothly, perhaps expectedly given the nature of the ‘new’ Russia that was still emerging from the then-recent breakup of the Soviet Union.  This travel diary focuses on the experiences of this novel and somewhat extraordinary business trip.




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