Visa (for most foreign participants)

 

All foreign visitors entering Russia must have a valid passport and visa. For official invitation letter we should have the following information for every person (by E-mail to Oleg Menyailo (menyailo@hotmail.com)):

 

1.  Day, Month and Year of Birth

2.  Place of Birth (city, country)

3.  Nationality

4.  Citizenship

5.  Passport number, date of receiving, valid to (date of expiry) day, month, year

6.  Home address

7.  Office address

8.  Your title and position

9.  What Language do you speak?

10.  If you visited Russia earlier you should write in what year it was.

11.  A City with Russian Embassy or Consulate where you intend to get your visa

P.S. we are sorry if some questions seem to be redundant but this is required by the Russian authorities and embassies.

 

Most of applications for invitation are submitted to police in Krasnoyarsk, which will issue an invitation. Due to different time of applications (dependent on when you sent a pass copy) the invitations will be ready at different times in between the end of May and the end of June. As soon as they will be ready, they will be mailed to you by FedEx. When you will receive the invitation, please apply to the Russian consulate in your country for a visa. All invitations will be for one month starting August 17 and ending September 15, 2004.

 

 

How to reach Krasnoyarsk

 

You can come to Krasnoyarsk via Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, or Khabarovsk. One of the best ways is from Frankfurt to Moscow, continuing from Moscow to Krasnoyarsk with Krasair (airline company).

 

Krasnoyarsk is one of the largest industrial, scientific and cultural centers of southern Siberia, with a population about one million.  Krasnoyarsk is the capital of the most actively operating forest industry of Siberia.  Our workshop provides a good opportunity for you to see forests of Siberia as well as the Siberian afforestation experiments.

 

As the meeting will start August 27 at 8.00 we recommend you to arrive August 26 (most flights are arriving in the morning, some cultural program will be organized for the afternoon) and departure in the morning of August 30. We will pick you up in the airport (please inform time and flight number) and bring you to the hotel.

 

 

Flights

 

Some participants will purchase the flight-tickets by themselves and will get reimbursed (if granted). Flights in Russia (Moscow-Krasnoyarsk-Moscow) will be purchased by Oleg Menyailo (if arranged) because it is less expansive to purchase Russian flights in Russia. The tickets will be mailed together with invitations (in the same envelope).

 

 

Airport switching in Moscow and Hotel

 

Some international flights are arriving to (and departing from) Moscow at the international airport Sheremet’evo 2. All flights from Moscow to Krasnoyarsk and from Krasnoyarsk to Moscow are in airport Domodedovo. These two airports are located at different sides of Moscow but many regular buses, minivans (or taxi) allow reaching one airport from another within 1-1,5 hours. We will also ask our participant from Moscow (Dr. Mikhail Makarov) to meet you in Sheremet’evo 2 and to help to take a bus to Domodedovo (if possible).

If you decided to spend a night in Moscow, the hotel AIRHOTEL is recommended, which is near the airport Domodedovo: http://www.domodedovo.ru/en/main/about/airhotel/   

 

 

Hotel in Krasnoyarsk

 

For all participants (who are not from Krasnoyarsk), single rooms in a Hotel “Oktyabrskaya are reserved and paid. We will have breakfasts and lunches in the same hotel and dinners - in other restaurants of Krasnoyarsk.

 

 

Money and credit cards

 

Russian currency is rouble. The exchange rate is stable for the last 3-4 years. One US $ is approximately 29 roubles, and one Euro is ca. 35 roubles. Most credit cards are accepted everywhere in Moscow but not so often in Krasnoyarsk, therefore some cash (ca. 200 USD) is recommended. If you are bringing to Russia more than 10,000 USD (or equivalent) you have to declare them by the custom.   

 

 

Advises

 

  1. Bring hard copies of your recent papers to distribute among participants.
  2. Remember that many research foundations now promote projects that include international activities. This is a good chance to meet potential collaborators.
  3. Do not forget a camera. There are some places in Siberia to make good pictures.

 

 

If you arrive earlier

 

Some people arrive earlier, they will be picked up at the airport and transferred to the hotel. Please make sure that Oleg Menyailo is aware when you are arriving! If you will not be met, take a taxi to the hotel Oktyabrskaya.  

 

 

Oleg’s cell phone is 8 904 9803546.