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PAGE 18-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1973 ' Russia Trip In Review mm. LENINGRAD, THE WINTER PALACE. NEVA--ADMIRALTY EMBANKMENT. LANDING PIER NEAR THE (This is the fourth and last in a series containing impressions of Mrs. William Vaughan, the former Barbara Eggert of McHenry, on her recent trip to Russia with her husband, who attended a bio-chemistry conference. The couple resides in Berkeley, Calif.) "Friday we left Kiev for Leningrad via Aeroflot, Russian airlines. The Aeroflot pilot was good as we went up and around quite a storm with no turbulence noted. However, due to the fact that the cabins are not well pressurized, when we started down some of us really felt it. I thought my ears would burst and our guide, Irene, couldn't hear for two days. I had the feeling Aeroflot is efficient but uncomfortable. "Intourist is the tour guide group in the USSR and we had one guide, Tamara, who traveled with us throughout the USSR. In Leningrad and in Moscow, we also had local guides. "Leningrad, formerly St. Petersburg and Petrograd, is far enough north that during the summer they experience the white nights. We arrived there about 11 p.m. and it was very light out. The sun is also out at 3 a.m. and it was hot! The city was experiencing a heat wave, the worst in many a year. Our hotel was new-only about two years old and for­ tunately, it did have some air conditioning. "Leningrad is everything I ever expected. This is the city the Czars chose to live in for many, many years and the buildings reflect the grandeur of bygone years. This is also the city where the October Revolution of 1917 was planned and where Lenin's forces first governed. "Almost every building in the city has its own form of ornate art work. Most are granite or painted lovely shades of blue, green and yellow. We toured the city on Saturday morning. The city has many canals and is built on both sides of the Neva river. Leningrad is unique in that it has never experienced an army's direct invasion. The city suffered greatly during World War II only because the Germans cut them off from the rest of the world. But the Germans never set foot inside the city. For their great valor, Leningrad as well as Kiev and Moscow, won the distinction of being Hero Cities. "In the afternoon we went to Petrodvorets, the summer palace of the Czars. This was badly damaged during the war but it is well reconstructed. The grounds are on the North Sea and there are two homes on the grounds. Monplaisir is right near the sea and was used as a stopover for longer journeys from Leningrad. This is open to the public for tours. The great palace, which is up high and very huge, is still being restored. "But the most fantastic job is the engineering feat ac­ complished 200 years ago and still being used today to feed water to the approximately 140 fountains in use today out of about 180 original ones. The plumbing uses no pumps, just the force of the water from the dam that lets the water in from the sea. The fountains work from about 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Then the locks are closed and the pressure builds up for another day. Every fountain is more beautiful than the last. Some are named Sun, Great Cascade, Roman, Chessboard Hill, Pyramid, Eve, Bell, etc. The names are quite ex­ planatory. "That evening we went to another program of folk dance. Each one we saw was different. This was Russian and the men executed the difficult foofwork we Westerners associate with dances from the USSR. The women did an unique type of dance where their feet moved in short smooth steps and they seemed to glide along-only their arms moved. The rest of their bodies were motionless. Again, the native dresses were remarkably beautiful. GREAT CASCADE. WESTERN WATERFALL STEPS, SUMMER PALACE. "On Sunday we visited the Hermitage Museum which was quite an experience. The Hermitage is housed in five buildings, one of which is the Winter Palace which is a museum in itself. The floors, walls -and ceilings are all masterpieces. The door frames, even the door knobs, are each unique. There are a good number of items from the Czars shown in the museum including the throne room and a clock that is as tall as the room. It has a cock that cries, an owl that rolls its eyes and a peacock that spreads its tail to show the hour. And down at the bottom, bearly visible, is the clock face. The museum also has a vast collection of Roman sculp­ ture, two of the nine known works of Leonardo da Vinci, many Rembrandts and some of the most beautiful Monets we've seen. One four- hour period is definitely not long enough for this master­ piece in Leningrad. "After an elaborate lunch, we did some shopping. We went to the tourist shop called Berolz in the Russian area. Bill bought a Russian embroidered shirt and a gray persian lamb fur hat. Furs of all types are inex­ pensive in comparison to U.S. prices. Hand painted lacquerware is excellent and we found cute wooden carved toys for the kids. "We decided to walk back to the hotel and went past St. Isaac's Cathedral which is now a museum. It is the third largest domed church in the world after St. Peter's in Rome and St. Paul's in London. We took a long walk to view the architecture of this fantastic city. "We were not there long enough to really meet the people but we met a lady at­ tendant at the cathedral who was most gracious to us. Another couple had an in­ teresting experience after they talked one evening with the lady on their floor. Later that night they received a call from a young woman who had never met an American and she wanted to at least talk with one. So for an hour that night, they talked with her by phone. She was eager to hear all about them and their life style although she was hesitant to speak of herself. "Monday we left about 5 o'clock in the morning in broad sunlight for Moscow, where it was also hot. The hotel in Moscow was 20 years old and looked much older. Of course, it was not air conditioned. "Moscow is a relatively new city being rebuilt in the '50's after war damage. The Ger­ mans didn't enter Moscow but the city was damaged. Several fine old structures remained such as parts of a nunnery, St. Basal's church with its many colored onion domes, the Kremlin and Red Square. "All large cities in the USSR have a Kremlin, which i essentially is a walled off portion of the city. However, the one in Moscow is the most famous. There are a number of churches, now museums, in the Kremlin as well as offices and apartments for high visiting | officials. Mr. Nixon stayed there. "The Moscow river bisects the city. Our guide here was Helen, a lovely young girl who expressed to us from her countrymen a wish for a friendship and world peace. "Tuesday morning we spent with Boris, a Russian Bill met at the Bio-chemistry con­ ference. We went to Boris' laboratory at Moscow State university. His lab has all the latest sophisticated equipment but the five-year-old building was decaying. Boris was a charming man, very learned and doing good scientific research. He took us to lunch in the faculty dining room. We offered to buy but he insisted on paying for the lunch. I think Boris summed up our ten days in the USSR and the courteous help we received when he said, "You are a guest in my ^country. When I am a guest in your country, you will do the same". How often are we Americans as helpful to strangers from here or abroad? This is a lesson of brotherhood I must remember. instrument with a trianguiar body and a guitar neck. It is an often played folk instrument and by this time in our travels, it was, the symbol of tour number nine. '"As I reflect back on our ten days on USSR soil, I see people who are handsome in their own way. The older generations of women especially are quite heavy but the younger people seem more conscious of weight, particularly in Moscow. I see very friendly, helpful people which I never expected. I never once felt any suspicion directed toward me as an American. However, real or unreal, in my mind I had a feeling of something. Perhaps it was a desire of the people for more material goods and bigger and better living areas. "Families the size of ours would have a kitchen, closets, bath and entry way plus living and sleeping space the size of our living room alone. Nothing more. And the waiting period to get an apartment is three to five years. Meanwhile, young couples have to move in with their folks. "Lenin is everywhere- statues, pictures and the name is on streets, buildings and everywhere. But I was not directly touched by Com­ munism any more than that and the references made to the October Revolution. Com­ munism was not "preached" to us. The things that bothered me about the USSR were the little things. The sink drains in each of our hotels leaked all over the floor. Even though a hotel would have four to six elevators, only one or two would be in service. In Moscow, we were not even allowed to use the stairs to go up or down. Even though a theater had six double doors, only one-half of one double door would be available to enter the building. But these are little things and our experiences were the ex­ periences of a lifetime. "As we left for London we had to make a declaration of monies spent in the USSR. We managed to bring out some souvenir money but anything over that must be exchanged before leaving. "We flew BO AC to London. Now BOAC is quite a luxury line-or was it we had become used to the spartan way of travel? Our hote, the Churchill, was new and probably one of the most beautiful and elegant we will ever stay in. It was nice to see all three elevators running smoothly. "London is very civilized and the Englishman was as I pic­ tured him-polite, patient and courteous. The queue line at a bus stop is a reality-everyone >. takes his turn. We took a tour of fthe city and saw Westminster * Abbey, Parliament, Big Ben j-'and the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. We had % lunch at an English pub and ^then walked through Hyde Park to Herrod's, which is the WHO KNOWS! 1. When did the United States and North Viet­ nam agree to start peace talks in Paris? 2. When did the first Gen­ eral Assembly of the United Nations open, and where? 3. What is the predicted lightening damage for 1973? 4. Identify: Cathay, Hellas, Muscovy and Mesopota­ mia. ultimate in department stores. "We did a lot of walking in London - went to Piccadilly Circus, to Bond street and walked up and down Oxford street. Everyone on our tour agreed tljat London must be revisited. However, the smog in London is quite bad and I would say that throughout Europe, the pollution problem is as bad as ours. "On Friday, July 14, we left London for our return to New York. Our first trip to Europe had come to a close. In three weeks we had made many friends in our tour and among those people we had met. We had seen many ways of life and philosophies and were retur­ ning to the Unites States with a whole new outlook and ap­ preciation of what we have here. Our trip was over but not the memories of this fantastic journey." 5. To what does anthography refer? 6. Where would you find the Black Forest? What does loquacious mean? 8. What is multiple mye­ loma? 9. During what war was the national anthem written? 10 identify Count Von Ferd­ inand Jeppelin. 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