About This Issue
by Robert Gilman
SO DIFFERENT, SO MUCH ALIKE
Letter from a Soviet Friend by Irina Mazel
Americans have a lot to learn about Soviet culture
Understanding the Soviets by Robert Gilman
A look through the windows of their geography, history, and system
Waking Up In A Nightmare By Diana Glasgow
How shall we deal with the nuclear dragon we have created?
It’s Up To All Of Us with Anatoly Belyayev, Diana Glasgow, Danaan Parry, Edith Eckart, and Robert Gilman
Springsteen Meets Lenin a poem by Tom Greening
USSR Journal by Molly Young Brown
Notes from a first visit to the Soviet Union
Two Views Of A Meeting by Gale Warner
An insight into why we do things differently
Cultural Treasure by Carlos Alcala
Literature and art are precious commodities to Soviet citizens
Reflections on Russia by Alice Tallmadge
A journalist’s view of the light and the dark of the Soviet Union
Working Freelance an interview with Andre Orlov , by Diana Glasgow
A Soviet journalist builds bridges between East and West. Plus Connections, a poem by Bob Hellrung
Russian Vision by Philip Holliday
A Russian philosopher’s contact with Sophia, spirit of Wisdom
Publishing The 100th Monkey by Vladimir Shestakov
A Soviet peace worker’s story of finding the power to act
SPANNING THE GAP
Citizen Diplomacy by Michael Shuman, Gale Warner, and Lila Forest
What it is, how it began, and where it’s going
Through The Eyes Of A Citizen Diplomat by Joel Schatz
Perceptions of a seasoned American traveler to the Soviet Union
Friendship by Sisana Mukhametshina
An American visit to Odessa as seen by a Soviet
Music Is A Bridge by Rebecca Johnson
The Seattle Peace Chorus’ visit to the Soviet Union
The Seattle-Tashkent Connection by Roscius Doan
An account of a successful Sister City pairing
Kemerovo by Paula Garb
A colony of Americans mined coal in Siberia in the 1920s
Sisters a poem by Phyllis Petras
Warm Connections by Betsy Bridwell
Making quilts and giving them to Soviet friends
Peace Child by David Woollcombe
Touring the USSR and USA with a Soviet-American cast
Computer Kids by Danaan Parry
American and Soviet teenagers share friendship and computer know- how
Another Kind of Summit by Gale Warner
A historic trek up Mt. Elbrus in the Caucasus
Spacebridges an interview with Joseph Goldin , by Robert Gilman
Linking the world together with communications technology
Resources compiled by Lila Forest