Acknowledgements

This presentation is a non-commercial project and was created on a voluntary basis in the International Academy of Business and Banking. As the organizer and coordinator of the project, I, Roman V. Bojur, head of the Computer Design Studio, express my sincere thanks to all those who granted their time and efforts to make this project a reality:

• Expedition members Ivan T. Dusharin and Andrei E. Volkov – for their diaries, documents, photo and audio materials, many-hour discussions and organizational help;
• Sergei A. Soeminne (International Academy) – for discussions, original thoughts and texts creation;
• Student of Sciences and Arts Department Maxim Sevastianov, member of creative laboratory DESIGN DEPARTMENT for his work on the design of the presentation;
• Student of Philology department Anna Zubenko and Mr. Matthew Madden, management specialist, Peace Corps Volunteer for the translation of the presentation texts to English.