MY RUSSIAN DREAMROAD
PETERSBURG TO THE PACIFIC
by BARRY SMITH
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About the Book
In 2010 I enrolled for a summer school Russian course at the St Petersburg State University ( the oldest in Russia) and then spent a month hopping on and off planes and trains across Siberia from St Petersburg to Vladivostok -stopping in many of the historical towns en route.
Why did I do this? The short answer is a romantic fascination with this vast country and its people who are neither fully Western nor completely Eastern. It started with a challenging school assignment to write an essay about Catherine the great’s foreign policy. This was hard to get my 18 year old mind around and the itch of my curiosity grew from there. This the story of how I scratched it.
Why did I do this? The short answer is a romantic fascination with this vast country and its people who are neither fully Western nor completely Eastern. It started with a challenging school assignment to write an essay about Catherine the great’s foreign policy. This was hard to get my 18 year old mind around and the itch of my curiosity grew from there. This the story of how I scratched it.
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BARRY SMITH
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
Barry was born in England and educated in Manchester and at Cambridge University, where he read history. Australia has been home for over forty years and he lives in marvellous Melbourne . For many years, he was a regular columnist in professional journals and co-authored “Shakespeare and Management”, a bardic guide for struggling and stressed executives. Having completed a Doctor of Management Program focused on 3rd age living and working, with Charles Handy as one of the assessors, he is now living his dream as an established writer. Two travel books available on Blurb and The Kimberley Trio of Historical novels can be ordered at any good bookshop.