Russia
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Senkevic, Jurij (text/photos)
Putešestvie dlinoju v zizn' (A journey across life)
Moskva : Vagrius, 1999. – 379pp, [32pp]
(Moj 20 vek)
ISBN 5-7027-0806-7
Senkevic, Jurij - Travel - Expedition - Autobiography
In this entertaining but equally informative and instructive book Jurij Senkevic, world
traveller, Thor Heyerdahl's companion on several expeditions and presentor of travel
accounts on Russian television, gives a report of his journeys across the former Soviet
Union and of his adventures over land and sea all around the world. Having completed his
studies of medicine at the military academy, Senkevic took part in an arctic expedition as
a member of the medical staff. This was the start to a life of continuous travelling. His
very amusing accounts and anecdotes from his childhood and adolescence will also be of
special interest to young readers. (13+)
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Uspenskij, Eduard (text)
Grigor'ev, Sergej / Grigor'eva, Evgenija (illus.)
Djadja Fėdor idet v školu ili Nensi iz Interneta v Prostokvašino
(Uncle Fedor goes to school, or: Nancy out of
the internet into Curdlemilkee)
Sankt-Peterburg : Mir Rebėnka, 1999. – 93pp
ISBN 5-7869-0045-2
Rural life - Everyday life - School - Internet
In this moody fantasy set in a Russian village, the popular Russian author of children's
literature, Eduard Uspenskij, gives children an impression of what the internet really is
and what one can do with it. Uspenskij plays on the fact that children are much more
competent in the use of computers and the internet than most adults. Of course, this leads
to a reversal of roles: it is no longer the child-ren who learn from the grown-ups.
Instead, Uncle Fedor takes »lessons« with the children. The text is richly illustrated
with fun-filled pictures. (9+)