Time is running out for Capital Region High school students to enter the 4th biennial Albany-Tula Alliance Essay Contest. The topic for this year’s essay contest includes social media and its influence on modern Russia. We are asking students to…
Executive Director, Gerald Shaye Report on Visit to Tula and Moscow October 6 – 12, 2013 October 6 – Dinner in Moscow with a former student of hospitality management at SUNY Cobleskill and a graduate of the International Academy of…
One of the highest attended fundraising events in the history of the Albany-Tula Alliance was enjoyed by nearly 100 guests last evening. Host Charlotte Buchanan graciously donated use of her beautiful home to welcome “The Six of Clubs”, a talented…
The Administration of the City of Tula congratulates you and in your name – all members of the Albany-Tula Alliance for Christmas and the coming New Year 2013! While appreciating your contribution to the development of friendly relations between the…
Report on Visit to Tula November 11 – 18, 2012 Gerald R. Shaye At the invitation of Prof. Yuriy Chadaev, the head of the Innovative Business Incubator at TSU, I traveled to Tula arriving on November 12, 2012. Prof. Chadaev…
Photos are now being posted at our Facebook and Flickr sites of all the activities that kept our Open World friends busy this past week. This is a photo taken after a tour of Albany High School where students from…
The ATA Education Committee is in full swing arranging an exciting schedule for five Open World participants from Russia. Dmitry Shmigirilov, Sergei Kurdumov, Oleg Pantukhin, Denis Bychkov and Ekaterina (Katya) Korableva with moderator Sergey Pukhanov arrive on Friday, October 19th…
Did you know that by the end of this summer Russia will be a full-fledged member of the World Trade Organization? The World Bank also notes that the Russian economy is the ninth largest in the world with U.S. exports…
If you want a quick intro to the history of Tula and its relationship to Albany, spend a few minutes with Albany-Tula Alliance Board member Barbara Webster and Phil Bailey, host of The Forum, WNYT-TV 13. Barbara appeared on The…
Many thanks to former WRGB Channel 6 CBS Reporter/Anchor Jack Aernecke and Videographer Ed Curley for finding this gem of history in the WRGB archive library. In 1992 the two of them were invited to join the newly-formed Albany-Tula Alliance…