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Sister City Soccer

Obninsk - June 1996

Oak Ridge - July 1996

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Oak Ridge and Obninsk get ready to play in Obninsk!

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Mayor Shubin accepts team banner from Ken Luckmann.		 soccer2.jpg (6309 bytes)
Ken Luckmann with Adolph Goncharov, head of Obninsk Recreation Department		 soccer3.jpg (4868 bytes)
Team parents Betty McMahan, Barry Brown and Lana and Ron Zucker watch the game in Obninsk. We tied 1-1, a very diplomatic result.
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Team coach, Eric Turner and the game made the Obninsk evening news.		 soccer6.jpg (4070 bytes)
Father Rostislov provided a tour of his beautiful church near Obninsk.		 soccer7.jpg (3902 bytes)
The nuns at a convent on the site where the Russians beat Napoleon in the War of 1812 provided lunch including borscht.
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Greg and Regina Broughton check out the Russian Presidential election primary candidates.		 soccer11.jpg (5176 bytes)
Clark, Ken and Craig Luckmann enjoy the tour of the Zhukov Museum near Obninsk.		 soccer16.jpg (3151 bytes)
The Oak Ridge team discos in Obninsk with their Russian teammates!
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The Zhukova Team.
Final score Zhukova 6 - Oak Ridge 4.		 soccer10.jpg (4694 bytes)
Oak Ridge fought hard but lost.

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The Oak Ridge and Kaluga teams before the game in Kaluga.

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Kaluga was the winner.
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Visiting the Space Museum
near Kaluga after the game
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Moscow was great
on the way home.		 soccer18.jpg (5703 bytes)
Craig Luckmann enjoyed
the Russian cuisine but
the Big Mac in Moscow
was really good!

 
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