CCI–Vladivostok

The city of Vladivostok is home to CCI’s most recently developed office, which is directed by Evgenia Terekhova. The office was chosen in 1998 to help CCI expand the Productivity Enhancement Program (PEP) into the vibrant and expansive Russia Far East. With a staff of only three and working partly out of the local branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Vladivostok office represents the entire Far East region along the Pacific Ocean and Sea of Japan and west to Lake Baikal in Siberia. Focusing on PEP, the office recruits candidates from its vast region and prepares them for travel to the U.S.

In addition to her work with CCI, Evgenia Terekhova is also the Chair of the Foreign Languages Department at the Russian Academy of Sciences. She participates very actively as a member and officer of the Vlad-Echo Rotary Club and travels widely as a translator and interpreter for many international seminars and conferences.

Vladivostok (pop. 650,000) is nestled among glittering bays on the Pacific Ocean, not far from China and North Korea. A growing city, Vladivostok is working to become an important industrial, shipping and trade city with its deep-water ports and terminus for the Trans-Siberian Railway. Several countries, including the U.S. have developed consulates in the city.

Vladivostok was founded as a military outpost in 1860, when the region passed from China to Russia; the presence of Russian power in the region was reflected in the city’s name, which means “ruler of the east.” Vladivostok has been a natural link between the East and European Russia, but during the Soviet era became a closed, fortress city and home to the Soviet Pacific Fleet. The city remained closed to both Soviets and foreigners until 1992.

The city is located some 9,000 miles from Moscow — seven days by train and seven time zones away. As a result, the region has begun to develop somewhat independently from the “center” and has looked to cultivate ties with its neighbors and abroad.

Address
5 Radio St.
IAPU Far East Branch Russian Academy of Sciences
Vladivostok 690041

Tel: (4232) 310-438
Fax: (4232) 320-600
Email: ccivladmail.primorye.ru
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