Taste of Zabaikalye 2018 Tour, No. 1
CHUCK RITCHIE WRITES: August 20, 2018. We are in to our second day in Irkutsk with our wonderful tour organizer Olga Kostina and our interpreter Irina Shipley and her protege Lyosha. Yesterday we toured...
Category: Children’s Centers
Visit to Chita Summer 2018, No. 5: Petrovsk IB
Petrovsk First visit Part B: Camp Following the recital at the music school, Ivan Nikolaevich, lead volunteer of the loose group of local and Chita volunteers that support the Children’s Home, drove me, two...
Visit to Chita Summer 2018, No. 4 Petrovsk IA
Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky: First visit. Part A: Road and Recital We were five driving southwest to Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky from Chita at 8:30 the morning of August 3rd: Victor and Elena, Olga Fleshler, me, and Janna, a publicist...
Visit to Chita Summer 2018, No. 2 A beautiful day and a surprising visit
A quick note about yesterday and today. Yesterday I was invited to Ksenia Shuvalova”s (“Ksyusha”) and her husband Dima’s dacha outside the village of Karpovka, 45 minutes from Chita, for a swim in the...
My summer in Chita: 9. Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky 4th of 4
HOW THE CENTER IS FARING On Saturday at the camp, Director Natalia Nikolaevna talked to the committee of volunteers about the state of the school. Some of the good things are that the 2nd...
My summer in Chita: 8. Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky 3rd of 4
THE “YOU’RE SUPER!” CONCERT And then we went to the concert. Background: Three children from the Children’s Center, Zoya (12) and Anna (16) Chizhkova and Vitaly Tolochkin (10), auditioned into this new national TV...
My summer in Chita: 6. Petrovsky-Zabaikalsky 1st of 4
PART 1 of 4: AT THE CAMP We drove the 6+ hours in two cars. The highway was noticeably better than 2 years ago, though still full of construction. I was with Vitaly and...
My summer in Chita: 3. Time is flying!
Time is flying! We are already in the last week of the three week session at City of Children’s summer English school. I found my niche as Loud Repetition Master. As a group and...
News about the boys from Chernovsky
This note was received June 6th from Irina Shipley. For many years now, Irina and Michael having been assisting older [mostly] boys at the Children’s Center in Chernovsky, a town 30 minutes from Chita....
Vitaly wins 2nd Place, Zoya wins Audience Favorite!
Tom here. Just arrived in Chita and learned that Vitaly Tolochkin and Zoya Chizhkova both living at the Children’s Center in Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky (see previous posts here) shined at the “You’re Super!” (?? ?????!) nationally...
Check out the new gallery under “About Zabaikalye”
We just got a nice set of photos from the Petrovsk Zabaikalsky Children’s Home into a gallery here. Photos by Home staff, nature photos by some of the children, some by SB visitors, Judy...
Three from the Children’s Center shine in Russian national TV competition
Sisters, Zoya (12) and Anna (16) Chizhkova and Vitaly Tolochkin (12), all residents of the “Unity” Children’s Center in the town of Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky (pop. 12,000) joined the singing competition on Russian station NTV. Zoya...
Fall newsletter
Children’s Center in Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky All of last spring’s graduates are continuing their education. This wonderful news fulfills a major goal of the director and staff. New project with another Children’s Center In addition to our...