One of my favourite pastimes is walking in old cemeteries. They are the sort of environment where I regain that actively peaceful state of mind. Any sort of borderline existence, I guess, is my sort of habitat. That's an answer to the repeating question what the .. I'm doing in the Russian countryside. Talk to me if you need any type of cemetery research done. I'll need the location of the cemetery or at least the town, the name of the person in question, and as much other detail as possible.  I can consult local municipal and cemetery archives on your behalf. A letter from you, on paper, with all the particulars, would be helpful in opening archive doors. Once the grave is located I can make arrangements to care for it.

And this is Alexandra Goryashko, whose fascination with anything from the times past is coupled with precision and thoroughness of the sort of an archive professional. From summer 2009 any grave/archive/bibliography work will be given to Alexandra or done by me with close association with her.

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