Open World In Action
December 16, 2004 Issue 7

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Russian Delegates Witness History on Election Day

Alaskan and Siberian Indigenous Peoples Cooperate on Environmental Issues

Uzbek Leaders Reflect on Their Open World Experience

Education Pioneers in Yekaterinburg

Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery

Rule of Law

Russian jurists attend a briefing on the U.S. judicial system at the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, DC, in October 2004.

Russian jurists attend a briefing on the U.S. judicial system at the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, DC, in October 2004.

Russian chief judges visit with Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (third from left) during a welcome dinner held for them in Leawood, KS.

 Russian chief judges visit with Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius (third from left) during a welcome dinner held for them in Leawood, KS.

Cultural Folk Artists

Russian folk arts managers feel at home on the stage of Nashville's Grand Ole Opry. Clockwise from top left: Viktoriya Artikova (Buryatia region); Tatyana Shepeleva (Vladimir region); host Joan Rice of Vanderbilt University; interpreter Tanya Gesse; facilitator Irinia Chinenova; Grigoriy Khinskiy (Vologda region); and Svetlana Streltsova (Ivanovo region).

Russian folk arts managers feel at home on the stage of Nashville's Grand Ole Opry. Clockwise from top left: Viktoriya Artikova (Buryatia Region); Tatyana Shepeleva (Vladimir Region); host Joan Rice of Vanderbilt University; interpreter Tanya Gesse; facilitator Irinia Chinenova; Grigoriy Khinskiy (Vologda Region); and Svetlana Streltsova (Ivanovo Region).

More Alaska

Gary Harrison (center), Tribal Chief of the Chickaloon Village Traditional Council, confers with Leonid Sharypov (left) from Chukotka, with translation assistance from Misha Jones (right) of Pacific Environment, the local host organization.

Gary Harrison (center), Tribal Chairman of the Chickaloon Village Traditional Council, confers with Leonid Sharypov (left) from Chukotka, with translation assistance from Misha Jones (right) of Pacific Environment, the local host organization.

Open World delegate Leonid Sharypov (right) meets a Yupik woman (left) in an indigenous peoples museum in Bethel, AK. Sharypov learned that she had visited his hometown of Anadyr several years ago during an exchange.

Open World delegate Leonid Sharypov (right) meets a Yupik woman (left) in an indigenous peoples museum in Bethel, AK. Sharypov learned that she had visited his hometown of Anadyr several years ago during an exchange.

Uzbek Delegates

Uzbek delegates listen to speakers during an orientation session at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

 zbek delegates listen to speakers during an orientation session at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

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