- The folks at Geocities, who have kindly provided the space for this page free of charge. They can do the same for you, try them!
- yet some other folks at GlobalDrum Internet Services for fixing me up with an FTP directory and 60 megs of space needed for all those audio files;
- Mr. Vladimir Pekkel in "Little Russia," who has inspired me to create this page. No, I haven't had the honor of meeting the man personally;
- Michael Finkelstein, formerly of Moscow, and nowadays of Duesseldorf, Germany, my best friend of many years' standing, for having sung with me pretty much all of the songs featured here. In fact, this page is dedicated to Misha in remembrance of all the great times we used to have in Moscow and its suburbs;
- Artem Amatuni, a good friend and former classmate, for lending me that BG tape oh so many years ago;
- my second cousin Eugene, for presenting me with the audio recording of some Artists as a good-bye present for the occasion of my going to the US;
- Country singer Kenny Rogers, for investing in "Kenny Rogers' Roasters." It was after a good meal at the place that this page was starting to take shape;
- NBC's anchorman Tom Brokaw, just for being a nice guy.
- Alla Pugacheva, for having agreed to marry me (nah, just kidding);
- "Alias" and "I.S.Records, two other Moscow companies that have come up with a two-tape recording of Igor Talkov. Although the quality could be much improved, "darenomu konyu..." you know. Here's "Alias"'s phone number in the Russian capital: (095) 218 7222. All said of the reserved rights above goes for these two also.
- "ZeKo Records", a Moscow company that has issued a *full* collection of Zhanna Bichevskaya's on tapes. If you are interested in contacting them in regards to any commercial matter, their address is: "Zeko Records", PO Box 188, Moscow 125047, RUSSIA. (095)454 0039. Once again, this page has been created exclusively for the purposes of private listening and enjoyment and in no way is intended to violate the reserved rights of the respected companies ("ZeKo" in this case).