Soviet Union in 1971

I travelled to Moscow with a Soquip collegue in 1971 to attend the World Petroleum Congress that brought together more than 5000 oilmen from all over the world to hear about the latest technical and econimic developments in the petroleum industry.

A number of post conference tours were offered and we chose to visit Uzbekistan's Natural Gas Institute in Tashkent with a side trip to Samarcand and Bukhara. In those days, Russia and Uzbekistan were both part of the Soviet Union and the cold war was still on.

After the congress, we made a quick visit to Leningrad and stopped in Paris on business on the way back.

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