File. Russia and the Former Soviet Bloc

Reference No:
U DMS/12/39
Dates:
30 May 1990-18 Oct 1996
Description:
Contains the following papers relating to Mission to Seafarers work in Russian and the former Soviet Bloc: correspondence of Reverend Glyn Jones as Secretary General of the Mission to Seafarers; report of a tour to the USSR, Poland and Yugoslavia made by Reverend Philip Thirlwell in Jun-Jul 1976; list of USSR seafarers' centres, Dec 1990; business cards; flyers for Klaipeda Seamen's Club; transcript of an article by Roald Alyakrinsky; report of a visit to the Soviet Union Aug 1991; report of a visit to the Soviet Union Dec 1991; photographs of a visit to the Soviet Union with Bernard King in Dec 1990; flyer for a celebration of the Seafarers Centre in Tallin; report on work at Galati, Romania. Relates to various matters including: international seminar on seamans welfare in Riga, Latvia and the USSR; grant to the ICMA re visit to USSR; visit to the Soviet Union made by the ICMA in Dec 1990; seminar on seafarers' welfare; hopes of working together; plans for shared use of St Saviours Church, Riga; recording of radio interview in 1991 by Reverend Jones on his visit to Moscow and Riga; discussion re co-operation between Mission to Seafarers and the Independent Federation of Water Transport Workers' Unions of the USSR; Russian Orthodox Church; Leningrad International Seamen's Club; Yalta Seamen's Club; request for help to establish a mission in Odessa; activities in Galati, Romania; request for permission to establish a centre in Burgas, Bulgaria.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen)