This book is published with the assistance of the US Information Agency. It was written by Michelle A. Carter in 1995. During this year, Michelle Carter worked for the US Information Agency at the Russian-American Information Press Center in Moscow. The book is translated by Tatyana Patina and edited by Andrey Kasyanenko, Information Services Coordinator and Librarian of the Russian-American Information Press Center. Nicholas Pilyugin, coordinator of the USIA Information Center for Media Assistance, provided the technical base for the publication.