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1998 a trip to Almaty, Kazakhstan

: 1998 Helmut in Almaty, Kasachstan, in the Bahai center

: 2001 Helmut with friends from Central Asia in Haifa, Israel

During his trip to Almaty in 1998 Helmut was glad to meet so many people from different backgrounds at a 10 day seminar for Auxiliary Board Members, along with Baha'i friends from 14 republics of the former USSR.

To see the friends give their energy and service to the beloved faith after all these years of solitude was a beautiful experience.

After the seminar Helmut went to Bishkek, the capital of Kirgisistan, to support their projects.

With the years of the Perestrojka many new Baha'i communities came into existence in the Republics of the CIS. Also old communities that existed in Central Asia already before the October Revolution could reformat and revive.

Meeting the friends at the Opening of the International Teaching Center in Haifa in January 2001 was a great joy!

Map of Central Asia

: Map of Central Asia

Here is a map of Central Asia accentuating the cities Olga and Helmut lived in or visited.

1News from the year 2011 (ALT-N).
2Summer 2010 (ALT-S).
3January - April 2010 (ALT-J).
4Smol'e - a dream (ALT-M).
5News of recent years (ALT-E).
6in Germany (ALT-I).
7Some history (ALT-O)
- 7.1Along the Silk Route (ALT-L)
  - 7.1.1Almaty.
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- 7.2A trip to the Soviet Union in 1989 (ALT-T).
- 7.31989 Moscow (ALT-1).
- 7.4Our visits of the holy sites (ALT-U).
- 7.5Our time in Belarus (ALT-R).
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8Guestbook (ALT-G).