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About
Our Team – People, who are making WayToRussia.Net
Way to Russia team is a group
of people who have a passion for traveling and for Russia.
We
want to
show our country as we see it and to make
it possible for anybody who is interested in Russia to travel
here, because we think it is a great, exciting, and a very diverse
place.
Here's a list of the most active contributors to our site, we
also want to thank all our visitors and Talk
Lounge forum members for
their good advice and feedback.
If you have a page on MySpace, you can add
Way to Russia to your Friends List.
Way to Russia Core Team
"
Russia is one of the most
exciting, diverse, and interesting travel destinations. I hope
WayToRussia.Net will help you make your way here, whatever
direction you want to take..."
e: dimas AT waytorussia POINT net
t: +44 (0) 207 993-8896 |
Contributions:
idea, concept of the site, contents (texts & photos),
editing, design, current support, management.
Interests: traveling, theater, butoh, music,
yoga, performance art (see urbanteleport.com
and russkibeat.com)
Traveled: Russia (European part, Siberia,
Altay mountains, Baikal lake), Europe (Western and Eastern),
India
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Dmitry
co-founded Way to Russia with his friend Dan when he was a student
at Moscow State University at 2001. Since then he's been responsible
for every little thing from programming and web-design to promotion
and writing. Working full-time on Way to Russia, he's also an
active traveler (sharing most of his time between Moscow, Totnes
(UK) and Berlin) and performer (solo and as a part of Urban
Teleport artist collective).
Currently he's developing the new Russki
Beat style, which is going to take over nu rave very soon.
His unique life path has been described by famous biographers
and most recently – in The
Moscow Times newspaper.
"
Traveling and especially living
in Russia is an amazing experience. I found the information on
Way to Russia
extremely helpful when I was planning my move to
Moscow and am happy I can now contribute my knowledge to the website to help
other travelers and expats in the future."
e: greg AT waytorussia POINT net
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Contributions:
texts and photos, quality management.
Interests: travel, music (esp. hip-hop),
writing, literature, film, languages
Traveled: Russia, Europe (Western
and Eastern), Australia, USA, Mexico |
Greg,
originally from Brisbane, Australia, joined our team in 2006 after
becoming a legend among Moscow English-language publications
(many articles you find in Go-Magazine by The Moscow Times and Element
are written by him). He helped us expand the coverage of our guide
dramatically, adding many
new
city
guides and
reviews to Way to Russia. Nowadays, he still writes articles and city
guides for Way to Russia and makes sure that our readers get the highest
quality
of service possible
from
our advertisers constantly monitoring their work against our quality standards.
"Well I like travelling and like
travellers as well. So, I provide the information about my country
for people who need it. Besides, working on WayToRussia.Net
is a
great opportunity to do what I want to do"
e: dan AT waytorussia POINT net
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Contributions:
name of the site, concept of the site, contents, current support,
management.
Interests: writing, literature, traveling,
karate, snowboard, music, yoga
Traveled: Russia (European part, Karelia,
Siberia, Baikal Lake, Kamchatka), Ukraine, Europe (Spain,
England, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Iceland,
Norway, Sweden), Egypt |
Dan is a co-founder
of Way to Russia. He met Dmitry at Moscow State University where
they both studied economics. Nowadays he's based in Moscow getting
his PhD degree, writing short stories, and enjoying life in the capital.
e: ksu AT waytorussia POINT net
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Contributions:
what's on events
calendar, club, art and cinema reviews
Interests: traveling, yoga, contemporary
dance, design
Traveled: Russia, India, Europe, South America |
Ksenia joined
our team in 2007 and she's in charge of updating our guide to Moscow
as well as the events
calendar. She works as a freelance designer and event organizer
in Moscow.
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Contributions:
programming and web design.
Interests: photography, guitar, singing,
psychology
Traveled: Russia, Ukraine by car |
Aleksey joined our team in 2006.
He's a professional programmer and makes sure that everything
runs smoothly on the technical side of things. Aleksey is based
in Samara in
Russia.
e: denis AT waytorussia POINT net
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Contributions:
St. Petersburg
Guide - text & photos, What's
On Calendar section
Interests: travel, music (esp. hip-hop), writing, literature,
film, languages
Traveled: Russia, Europe (Western
and Eastern), Australia, USA, Mexico |
Denis
has sailed the seven seas during his service in the Russian
navy, now looking for happiness and his own way in life in the
bustling port city of St Petersburg. He studies photography,
design, fashion, eastern philosophy and fight skills by himself.
An extreme sportsman, he is
currently involved in popularizing parkour in St Petersburg,
in the
meantime dreaming of becoming a writer and undertaking a
round-the-world journey.
Part Time Contributors:
"This world is just getting to small for us people to understand
each other so
badly. By providing knowledge on this specific corner of the planet
I hope
WayToRussia.Net can contribute to understanding."
e: send a PM to Rick at our Talk Lounge
forums |
Contributions:
Talk Lounge forum moderator
Who:Travel, arts, architecture and urban planning,
music (all kinds and especially opera), reading, speed
skating, cycling
Traveled:Russia (Western Siberia,
St. Petersburg, Moscow), Europe (most of it, but
especially extensively through Italy), Turkey |
Edwin is based in Holland and it is thanks to him and
other moderators that our Talk Lounge forum is an interesting place
to
be.
"I
have always considered travelling one of the greatest pleasure
in life, though, sometimes, it can be a complex undertaking.
I have always appreciated those who contribute to make travelling
easier by providing accurate info and first rate advice.
I love all the effort they put into it. I
am happy to work for Way to Russia and give something back
myself."
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Contributions:
Italian version of Way to Russia and other texts and photos.
Interests: travels, reading and writing, world food,
making new friends, photography.
Traveled: Western and Eastern Europe (UK, Germany,
Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Czech Rep, Baltic States,
Serbia, Spain, etc...), Brazil, Mexico, Russia. |
Alessio, originally from Italy, is based in Moscow. He translated Way
to Russia in Italian and occasionally makes interviews for our Russian
people section.
e: vadim AT waytorussia POINT net
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Vadim
is our representative in Novosibirsk, Siberia. The native
Siberian, traveled in
all parts of world by all means
of
transport (a little exaggeration actually - Africa is still in my
plans), interests - life in all
its manifestations: people, places, arts, sport, science; have some proficiency
in programming, distance running, physics and molecular biology. People
can address me in Russian, English or French; in Italian also, but the
reply will be in one of the three mentioned above languages at random.
What makes me be part of Way To Russia: love for my home land and desire
to share it with all the people. |
Collaborators:
At different times we collaborated and continue to collaborate with
the people listed below. If you would like to join our team, please,
send a
message
to Dmitry.
e: celine AT thesolvents POINT net
w: http://www.thesolvents.net
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Contributions:
useful advice, special reports, texts, photographs, editing.
Interests: contemporary dance and theater student and performing
artist (visit her site)
Traveled: Europe, Russia, India |
Celine is a performer (with The
Solvents) and solo artist based in UK. She contributed lots of great articles
and photographs to Way to Russia and co-created the guides to Baikal and
the Golden Ring.
She also translated WayToRussia.Net in French so that our readers can enjoy Guide
de la Russie en Francais.
e: hipasha AT rambler POINT net
w: http://pashok.nm.ru/ |
Contributions:
consulting, useful advice
Who: an active traveler, backpacker, web developer
Traveled: Europe,
USA, Ukraine, Belorus, Russia, Egypt |
Pasha is a legend. First of all, he's one of
the first Russian backpackers and is an active member of Hospitality
Club accommodation sharing network. Secondly, there is nothing
impossible for him: be it organizing a temporary office for
OSCE or calming down a crazy and armed construction worker, he's
done it all. Nowadays he shares his time between running a few
businesses, being a teacher, working in an education institute,
and consulting Way to Russia.
"
WayToRussia.Net will never succeed"
Sasha is a great photographer and wonderful
DJ. You can see his photos on his Live
Journal page and hear his music at Kult
club in Moscow every Wednesday at 21.00.
Kevin
McCaughey
e: kevin AT kevinmccaughey POINT com
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As English Language Fellow, a position connected with the
English Language Office of the U.S. embassy in Russia, Kevin travels throughout
the Russian Far East giving presentations on American-Russian themes, and
English language teacher training courses.
He wrote the guide to Vladivostok for Way to Russia.
Visit his website where he tells more about his adventures:
www.kevinmccaughey.com |
Nick is an
excellent guitarist, snowboarder and has a PhD degree in Psychology.
He is also a guide for Peter's
Walking Tours - they offer the most original tours of St. Petersburg
and these guys are simply the best in what they do.
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