++ FABULOUS RUSSIA ++

++ Dramatis Personnae++

(Annex A)

This is the 13 August 2001 edition of this page, showing the miscellaneous characters on this visit.

                                  

                           

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     This whole voyage was graced with lots of wonderful people. This annex is an attempt
to bring them together, especially if they have been omitted from the main text. For
geographic reasons, I have divided them into two sections. The first section covers the host
Nation (i.e. Russian) personnel with whom I communicated - and the second section deals
with all other nation's representatives that I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with.

Section 1 - RUSSIANS

Girl (name unknown) - Passport and VISA control at Moscow airport
Woman (name unknown) - Courier from Moscow airport to the boat
Lydia - the courier on the (Intourist) bus/coach whilst in Moscow
Miscellaneous people - in 'linear market' (ARBAT Street) Moscow
Male cashier (name unknown) - MoscowTelegraph Office
Oleg - the boat's Radio and tannoy announcer, the guy in the next cabin!!
Cash Office Personnel (names forgotten) - on board our boat
Cash Office Personnel (names forgotten) - on board the boat Lenin
Entrepreneurs running stalls in the Moscow Northern Terminal Area
Performers in 'Russian Fantasy' (Folk Show) - outskirts of Moscow
Stall-holders in Zagorsk Market - especially the provider of my 'Russian Dolls'.
Street-sellers in Zagorsk and Moscow
Girls on same seat in Zagorsk market-square
Old beggar-lady in Zagorsk
Captain of our boat, the 'Russ'
Woman (name forgotten) - running the boat's shop
Girl (name forgotten) - runs shop at our meal place in Moscow
Zina Petrashova - Our cruise director - a very friendly woman (Ruth Maddox's double)
Olga - Aerobics instructor (a lusciously beautiful young woman)
Anatoly Ivanov - lecturing professor - very knowledgable & great personality.
Nina Shnekova - Girl as guide in Yaroslavl
Two of the musicians in Skomoroshyna (Folk group)
Faina - our personal waitress on the boat, Russ
Natasha - the 'Russian Cuisine' talk presenter on-board
Larisa - the presenter of our Russian language lessons
Lena - the presenter of talk on Russian Folk costumes
Waitresses (unknown names) - the wonderful women in pre-breakfast coffee bar
Irina - the presenter of the talk on Russian customs
Members of Kantele Ensemble (Folk Group) in Petrozavodsk
Girl (name forgotten) - our guide in Petrozavodsk
Members of  'Rus' (Folk Group) on board the boat
Girl (name unknown) -   ice-cream salesgirl in  Petrozavodsk
Woman (name unknown) - guide on the coach to 'Pushkin'
Small boy and Grandfather - with ex -TUC northerner in Pushkin Palace grounds
American-educated Russian guide on Kizhi Island
Interpreter at St Petersburg (last day)
Cruise-Girl as guide to Hermitage Museum plus Peter & Paul Fortress
Artist in St Petersburg (name unknown)
Receptionist in adjacent boat to 'Russ' as our own went missing!!


Section 2   -   Non-RUSSIANS

David & Non   - from South Wales
George & Peggy - from USA
Eric - from Leeds (Yorkshire) - a Russian Orthodox guy! - sat with me at mealtimes
May - from Essex - we explored some towns & villages together
Al & Priscilla Pastor - from California - my best friends for the trips & explorations - 
     (with Eric and me - they formed our table-of-four!)
Geordie singer and wife - from Newcastle
American girls on Red Square - took each others photos
Group on American women on bow of  'Russ' - as we approached Rybinsk Reservoir lock
French Group - at table at dance on board the boat
American - jointly with self, taking scenic photos
English guy (in Civil-Servant mould) - a history enthusiast!!
A Liberal couple - English and educated and very interesting
A TUC/Labour enthusiast (English) plus wife -had made many past 'exchange-visits'
Don Hartman - form Evansville, Indiana (a retired Civil Engineer)
Series of French friends (names unknown) - watching sunsets and chatting
Rita & John -a couple from Northern England, OK individually, but they couldn't stand each
     other, even to the extent of John's leaving me when arrived.
Kendra Colton - from Boston Massachussetts, a soprano who performed on the boat - nice
     girl.
Joan - lady from Seattle with whom I had many conversations
Retired American lawyer (name unknown)
Dutchman (as artist's model) and two Dutch women (names forgotten)
American guy (reminds me of work colleague) - quite an actor, quiet personality and
     pleasant character.
Londoner (cockney) - uneducated but thinks he's marvellously clever - pleasant character who
     says that he is lucky to be alive - used to work at John Lewis's in Oxford Street.
Large American woman (name forgotten) who likes the shade!!
Several people involved in banter between boat & quay at St Petersburg.
Welsh owner of Border Hotel (Paddington) - the singing chef.
Australian girl on reception at Border Hotel.
English Couple who now run the 'Centre for Alternative Technology'  in Machynlleth, Wales
     (I'd visited the place before they 'took over').