[Archive 2024-03-22] Russian travel writer Viktor Pinchuk recounts Near East expedition in Verkhorechye, Crimea

Historical archive — originally published 2024-03-22. This report records what was known on that date. It is not current news; subsequent events may have changed the situation. Wikinews closed in May 2026.

On January 22, Russian Wikinews attended a talk by Russian travel writer Viktor Pinchuk in Verkhorechye village, located 18 kilometers from Bakhchysarai, Crimea on his 2008 expedition to the Near East, where the main purpose was to visit Afghanistan. The event was organized with the assistance of the Crimean branch of the Russian Geographical Society.

The traveler spoke about his adventures, showed photographs (including those present at the exhibition “Afghanistan, 2008”), short videos and CDs containing cultural music from Asian countries (which he brings from each expedition, being a philophonist), and answered guests' questions. When speaking about the results of his trip, he mentioned that 25 articles had been published in the press, as well as a further two for Russian Wikinews.

At the end of the event, there was a presentation of the book "Afghan Prisoner", created in the genre of a travel essay, where the author follows the traditions of cultural travel.

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