The romance of the rails lured many alumni and friends on the newly-launched Golden Eagle Trans-Siberia Express on an adventure from Moscow to Mongolia, June 29 - July 13. Long, bright days allowed for exploration of Siberian cities and towns, as well as a visit to UlaanBataar's Nadaam Festival. With commentary en route from professors Serguei Oushakine, Kim Scheppele, and Richard Lim *91, program participants got nearly all their questions asked -- from before Gengis Khan through Tsarist imperialism to current affairs in Russia -- except perhaps "When are we going to do it again?"
Kazan Kremlin View - Leslie Rowley
Kazan gate detail - Leslie Rowley
Rainy Siberian view from train - Leslie Rowley
Churches at Romanov burial site - Leslie Rowley
Mine shaft where it is thought that the Romanov family was dumped by Bolshevik revolutionaries outside Ekaterinburg - Leslie Rowley
Ekaterinburg church built recently to honor Romanov execution site - Leslie Rowley
Ekaterinburg memorial for Afghanistan soldiers - Leslie Rowley
Ekaterinburg memorial for Afghanistan soldiers - Leslie Rowley
Reading Declaration of Independence on the 4th of July aboard the Trans-Siberian Express - Leslie Rowley
Lecture time in the White Dining Car - Leslie Rowley
Novosibirsk Opera House - Leslie Rowley
Georgeanne Rosseau in Irkutsk - Leslie Rowley
Soviet Press Demonstration in Irkutsk - Leslie Rowley
Soviet Press Demonstration in Irkutsk - Leslie Rowley
Icebreaker Ankara - Leslie Rowley
Mist over Lake Baikal - Leslie Rowley
Lake Baikal ferry - Leslie Rowley
Visit to Baikal home and garden - Leslie Rowley
Birch branch for banya - Leslie Rowley
Donna and Pierre Bastian practicing their Russian - Leslie Rowley
Train and sacred rock - Leslie Rowley
Wooden Architecture Museum - Leslie Rowley
Wooden Architecture Museum - Leslie Rowley
Stilt walking at museum - Leslie Rowley
Riding the Rails on the CircumBaikal - Leslie Rowley
Swimming in Lake Baikal - Leslie Rowley
Lake Baikal swimmers - Leslie Rowley
Serguei, Leslie, and Kim at Lake Baikal - Leslie Rowley
Baikal Barbeque - Leslie Rowley
Lenin's head in Ulan Ude - Leslie Rowley
Old Believer in Ulan Ude - Leslie Rowley
Ulan Ude countryside view - Leslie Rowley
Gandan entry in UlaanBataar - Leslie Rowley
Purifying of hands at Gandan - Leslie Rowley
Turning the Prayer Wheels - Leslie Rowley
Mongolian view with yurt - Leslie Rowley
Monks at Gandan Monastery - Leslie Rowley
Gorkhi Terelj National Park - Leslie Rowley
Inside a family's yurt on National Park land - Leslie Rowley
Bob and Jean riding Mongolian horses - Leslie Rowley
The Mongolian flag opening Nadaam games - Leslie Rowley
39 Nadaam costumes
Archers at opening ceremony - Leslie Rowley
Parade at Opening ceremony - Leslie Rowley
Costumes at Opening ceremony - Leslie Rowley
Archers - Leslie Rowley
Female archers - Leslie Rowley
Ankle-bone shooting - Leslie Rowley
Ankle-bone shooter - Leslie Rowley
Gengis Khan beyond archery line - Leslie Rowley
Wrestlers - Leslie Rowley
Mongolian short song performance - Leslie Rowley
Group photo of Smith College (Princeton's co-sponsors on the journey) - Richard Lim
Princeton Group Photo - Richard Lim
Princeton Group Photo with Russian guide, Olga - Richard Lim
Red Square - Al & Helen Wade
St. Basil's by Night - Al & Helen Wade
G.U.M. by Night - Al & Helen Wade
Anne Alvord and Helen - Al & Helen Wade
Leslie Rowley in front of Kazan mosque - Al & Helen Wade
First Half of Russia - Al & Helen Wade
First Half of Russia - Al & Helen Wade
First Half of Russia - Al & Helen Wade
Olga, Kim, and Serguei - Al & Helen Wade
First Half of Russia - Al & Helen Wade
First Half of Russia - Al & Helen Wade
First Half of Russia - Al & Helen Wade
Joan and Babs - Al & Helen Wade
and Andrea - Al & Helen Wade
Melinda Varian - Al & Helen Wade
Olga Boyarskaya and Bob Manning - Al & Helen Wade
First Half of Russia - Al & Helen Wade
First Half of Russia - Al & Helen Wade
First Half of Russia - Al & Helen Wade
First Half of Russia - Al & Helen Wade
First Half of Russia - Al & Helen Wade
First Half of Russia - Al & Helen Wade
First Half of Russia - Al & Helen Wade
Anne Maganzini - Al & Helen Wade
Tony Maganzini - Al & Helen Wade
Kim Scheppele - Al & Helen Wade
Melinda and Lee Varian - Al & Helen Wade
First Half of Russia - Al & Helen Wade
Train crew: Tatiana and Dmitry - Al & Helen Wade
Lake Baikal - Al & Helen Wade
Lake Baikal - Al & Helen Wade
At home in Lake Baikal - Al & Helen Wade
Hostess on the shores of Lake Baikal - Al & Helen Wade