The Potanin Charitable fund that provided financial assistance and the opportunity to obtain consultations and support of leading museum curators of Russia.

The Svedlovsk Regional Museum of Local History administration and personnel who facilitated the project realization.

Tatyana Yurievna Bystrova whose professionalism and creative energy greatly contributed to the project implementation.



My personal thanks to

Leonid Yurievich Kopalov whose phrase "create a museum where travel can start" set the project vector.

Elena Anatolievna Shuklina, who supervised sociological research.

Yekaterina Arkadievna Kaluzhnikova, the author of the majority of associated stories of the project virtual catalogue.

Irina Leifer, for a brilliant master class on communication.

Svetlana Konstantinovna Shvetsova, who provided invaluable organizational support.

Vladimir Petrovich Mikityuk, a notable historian and museum collections researcher.

Igor Sorokin, for the idea of the book composition.

Dariya Agapova whose attention shifted the project to 2.0 format



Specials thanks to

All brainstorming and focus-group activities participants, who gave us outstanding ideas and luxury of communication,

All Yekaterinburg travelers, who gave their time and hearts. Special gratitude to Sergey Mikhailovich Myasnikov – whose drive made it possible to invite enthusiastic city residents.

Students of Yekaterinburg who contributed their time, initiative and intellectual efforts!



Special thanks go to departments of universities who participated in the project with personal thanks to Pankina M.V., Ramsina S.F., Murzina I.Y., Bugrov D.V., Troshina T.M., Slavnykh Victoriya, Pyankova Yulya, Drozdova AlV., Borodina Elena, Kurilova E.V.

My acknowledgements to the team of the project designers – Slozhenikina Marina, Borovskikh Aleksandra, Fomintseva Elena, Markova Anna, Kopytina Yekaterinfa, Shalomova Anna and Applied art students Prokina Kristina, Mikhailova Anastasiya, Makarova Yekaterina, Sharafislamova Yuliya, Vlaskina Margarita, Sazhaeva Svetlana, Kalganova Anastasiya – it was great to work with!

My personal thanks to Ekaterina Dorozhkina – who provided the projects souvenirs production. My good friend and my editor Evgeniy Zhirnykh.



And my family. I fully aware that but for you this project could not have been possible.



Thank you very much indeed!