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From: djb@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (David Brightbill)
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Subject: Re: Phone/Net Links to USSR
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I've learned a little more about email connections to Krasnodar.  Bob
Brodel who is one of the directors of our sister city program sent me
a copy of a longish article he sent to the Bitnet list.  The following
is extracted from that letter with his permission.

There is a man (in Krasnodar) who is president of a club called
"Parents of Diabetic Children."  His name is Eugene Makarets.  His
postal address is:

                      35000 CCCP
                      G. Krasnodar
                      UL. Shaumyana, D.55, KV.66
                      Makarets, Eugene      USSR

Eugene does not speak English.  The most direct electronic way to
contact him is via FAX.  The Krasnodar English Club Business Center
has a FAX with international access.  Their FAX number is (8612)
558747.  Mark the fax ATTN: Marina Martinova and ask her to forward it
to Eugene.  She will translate it and see that he gets it.

We have one person in Krasnodar who is accessable on Internet via the
San Francisco - Moscow Spacebridge.  Mail addressed to: 

                  "cdp!krasneft@labrea.stanford.edu"

should arrive in his mailbox.  The guy in Krasnodar is Alexander
Samarin.  Because of the nature of his account, it is real
expensive for him to email back.  He deals in Roubles and the gateway
charges are in "hard currency" He should be able to get mail to Eugene
Makarets.  Put ATTN: Makarets, Eugene in the subject line.  Include a
FAX number for Eugene to respond back to.

Bob also says that there are two TELEX units in Krasnodar with
international access.  They are at the Eye Micro Surgery Institute
(Dr. Yakovchuk, Director) telex 123220 (CERTA SU) and the Rice
Research Institute (Professor Alyoshin, Director) telex 279117 (AQVA
SU).  The country code is 871.

Bob and I are working on getting a UUCP connection between a
university in Krasnodar and the Moscow node.  Does anyone have the
email address of the guy at the node in Moscow?  If you have any
trouble connecting with Krasnodar, let Bob know.  His email address is
broedel@fsu.bitnet.  I'd also be happy to help.

Just to give you more background, Krasnodar is the sister city to my
town of Tallahassee.  We have sent a modem to a Soviet hacker in
Krasnodar and are in regular contact with folks there.  MD's from
Krasnodar have traveled to Tallahassee for training and visa versa.  A
UUCP link to there is something I have been promoting for a while. I
know that there is a node in Moscow via Finland.  I'm going to explore
ways of making the Krasnodar link.  The main deal will be finding
bucks for the phone charges.


David Brightbill