Soviet Union: Tours of the Soviet Union by UK Embassy Staff

A file of correspondence and reports concerning travel in the Soviet Union. The documents include reports on tours undertaken by members of the British embassy, including a trip in Siberia undertaken by the British ambassador, John Killick, who met with local officials and attempted to swim in Lake Baikal. Other excursions discussed include a further trip to Siberia by a member of staff, covering Irkutsk, Yakutsk, and Khabarovsk; a visit to Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, covering Yerevan, Tbilisi and Baku; a visit to Uzbekistan, covering Urgench, Khiva, Tashkent, Bukhara, and Samarkand; and a visit to Belarus and Lithuania, covering Minsk and Vilnius. The reports include general descriptions of the areas; details of meetings with locals and officials; and price lists for food and consumer goods available for sale.