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UPDATED: 19 Nov 2009 GMT
  • Marco Minnemann shares his drumming skills with a young Russian musician during a master class. Jazz Festival Rocks in Vladivostok

    On November 12-15, Vladivostok hosted its 6th annual International Jazz Festival. Over 40 musicians from Primorye, the United States, and Germany demonstrated the art of improvisation and various styles of live jazz to over 2000 attendees ...

  • Suko Presseau receives book as a gift from Primorye photographers. New York – Primorye. The Dialogue of Artists

    On November 2-11, a young and a very talented artist, Suko Presseau, from Hunter College, New York, shared her world and views of art with Russian audiences. During her week-long visit to the Primorye Region, Suko opened her exhibit, “The Mirror Stage” ...

  • Tom Armbruster and Sylva Etian (left) at the briefing. Vladivostok International Jazz Festival Briefing

    During a special October 28 briefing arranged by the Primorskiy Kray Philarmonic Concert hall, Vladivostok Consul General Tom Armbruster and Public Affairs Officer Sylva Etian briefed the local public, musicians, and journalist on the Consulate’s collaboration with Russian partners to organize and launch...

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American Indians at the American Corner in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

Consular Officer Visits Sakhalin American Corner
On Thursday, November 12, Consular Officer Jeff Rotering presented a lecture on American Indians and Indian Reservations to a full-house at the American Corner in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

Tom Armbruster explains American baseball to American Corner patrons in Khabarovsk.

Baseball Made Clear at Khabarovsk American Corner
On November 12, CG Tom Armbruster pitched the sport of baseball in Khabarovsk at the American Corner as the quintessential American sport.

Halloween 2009.

Halloween 2009!
Since we have received several public inquiries if the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok celebrated Halloween we would like to place an official answer on our website.

Mikhail Khramstov (left) and Tom Armbruster (right) at the map. Photo by V. Fedorchenko.

Rescue Operation Anniversary
On October 30, the Consulate participated in the 31st anniversary of the rescue at sea of ten downed American Airmen from a US Navy Orion ocean surveillance and anti submarine aircraft that went down in the Pacific October 26, 1978.